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Re: sys.exit(1) vs raise SystemExit vs raise

From Stephen Hansen <me@ixokai.io>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: sys.exit(1) vs raise SystemExit vs raise
Date 2016-04-15 22:34 -0700
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> * You can use named constants from ‘os’ for the purpose of specifying
>   exit status numbers.

Only on *nix. 

Even then it varies from platform to platform which constants you can
use. I'd prefer to document the return status and use numbers/my own
constants directly, that way supporting any platform (even windows,
where its %ERRORLEVEL%

--S

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Re: sys.exit(1) vs raise SystemExit vs raise Stephen Hansen <me@ixokai.io> - 2016-04-15 22:34 -0700

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