Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Chris Angelico Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: sys.exit(1) vs raise SystemExit vs raise Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:08:43 +1000 Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <20160416034833.GA24653@cskk.homeip.net> <858u0ew5qg.fsf@benfinney.id.au> <1460784872.1843058.580428001.63445E11@webmail.messagingengine.com> <85zisuujn9.fsf@benfinney.id.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de zR3SOQfxzhIEAQ+qTLzS3gDAiI0/ZALfld/FgfT2oSEg== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; '16,': 0.03; 'received:209.85.223': 0.03; 'exit': 0.07; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.09; 'specifying': 0.09; '2016': 0.16; ':-/': 0.16; 'constants': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'cc:2**0': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.20; 'constant': 0.22; 'stephen': 0.22; 'defined': 0.23; 'seems': 0.23; 'sat,': 0.23; 'unix': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'error': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'that.': 0.30; 'subject:) ': 0.32; 'maybe': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'should': 0.36; 'received:209.85': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.38; 'anything': 0.38; "didn't": 0.39; 'strange': 0.63; 'chrisa': 0.84; 'to:none': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-transfer-encoding; bh=tumIMDr53ZOXtB3INS4K0K9i/S9iX7GmPEI+lOzYjc4=; b=E9CNoO5L2Zty6+QiXB9UGVhgd1w68I1pNox2sxc9Ydenq1l/x/YsTASDWbE0BpmnMN k6iVLqTDe+lywtZr2TOV7TfNCutugrxmscpxc2IxDFs4iWDiL1+DvuG2YE9R2GNRcCsF cHGIR7SInWdFwJWyJjx1BwY6YMfZP9iei6pdugBPvMuQjKZsoTRye+ceC/5GisHLteIm NdLzwYJTAliUnfTAFC2qFxzVn1w2I5IUyl5UeaM86ZnAFdzZOGfHnxDKQcvY22EKP0SW E4Sb/xxxTlSdYr03eDPYA33Lz7xNfPqN/UVCDbwaxOVi68qZcaE2bl3Lp1swXtIVaC8H bT5Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tumIMDr53ZOXtB3INS4K0K9i/S9iX7GmPEI+lOzYjc4=; b=VkUH9P+9a7QXFX5yWm1fD4LbVyJ+BE7ygt68lwVblwqHWW8aDxCvgDcV0pBLpao/DW 2o8mDy8Y6ChoHBRCZfH5nA9JWdut9XRIudMOmJLywZBXYYk79bxwblxJGVln9Dvo9NOV DvEjLINv0w0H61/wc7Z6HWFbSLcypqO670NMTxpucTqgct96ibdwRIanWJu5R2gcFngh 57rjjYsWgdvUyDPXN0a7qP0WvJV024/nk1wY7/F9/HN66hiSAqcHYoX5mvJ1xyXnfU87 7gSiv987wvY4tzswY2dcQh3/9dfH7irW6GEqm0HT0pnb1Ya4fbhTMuYwNv0+jZAPMgkj jnZA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FUSNAXpo1pnOsU9skZHKaWyzKZa1ePJJR8Id4esMnK5Ss4yV3MRsBnSFGtE3DXzXm3Ltyg4+PZk6tV82w== X-Received: by 10.107.18.147 with SMTP id 19mr24785466ios.157.1460790523716; Sat, 16 Apr 2016 00:08:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <85zisuujn9.fsf@benfinney.id.au> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Mailman-Original-Message-ID: X-Mailman-Original-References: <20160416034833.GA24653@cskk.homeip.net> <858u0ew5qg.fsf@benfinney.id.au> <1460784872.1843058.580428001.63445E11@webmail.messagingengine.com> <85zisuujn9.fsf@benfinney.id.au> Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:107084 On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Ben Finney wr= ote: > Stephen Hansen writes: > >> > * You can use named constants from =E2=80=98os=E2=80=99 for the purpos= e of specifying >> > exit status numbers. >> >> Only on *nix. > > Hmm, I didn't see that. It seems strange that even the constant for =E2= =80=9Cno > error=E2=80=9D exit status should be defined only for Unix :-/ Maybe it's an error to use anything non-Unix?? ChrisA