[issue44603] REPL: exit when the user types exit instead of asking them to explicitly type exit()
Taylor Alexander added the comment: Hello all. Curious issue. Thanks Stargirl for opening it. Would it be possible for the __repr__ function to examine the calling commands and determine if the origin is the special case where exit is typed in the REPL? Then only when Quitter repr is called would the special case be checked. I’m not too familiar with Python internals but I know for example when an exception occurs a stack trace would include information like that. Probably performance of Quitter repr isn’t critical we just don’t want it to have the wrong behavior. But if there’s any way to determine in that call if we’re in this one special case it seems it would be safe to exit. -- nosy: +tlalexander ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue44603> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue44603] REPL: exit when the user types exit instead of asking them to explicitly type exit()
Taylor Alexander added the comment: Makes sense. Thanks for taking a look. -- ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue44603> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue44603] REPL: exit when the user types exit instead of asking them to explicitly type exit()
Taylor Alexander added the comment: Am I correct in thinking that the proposed change only affects the use case where a user types exit in to the REPL and hits return? And that any other case is unaffected? I can only imagine that the majority of users who type exit in to the interpreter are expecting the REPL to exit. Stargirl do I recall you mentioning (perhaps on twitter) that there are threads online of users expressing frustration with this feature? It would be helpful to see what users have said about it. I would push back against the idea that this is about laziness. It sounds like this is about reducing user confusion. -- ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue44603> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
