Re: Input() in Python3

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Date	Sat, 23 Apr 2011 10:07:29 +1000
Subject	Re: Input() in Python3
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On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 06:25:51 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 12:08 AM, Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> wrote:
>>> But sys.exit() doesn't return a string.  My fave is
>>
>> It doesn't return _at all_. Boom, process terminated.
>
>
> Technically it raises an exception, which can then be caught by the usual
> exception-handling mechanism. So it's not quite Boom.

Sure, but it still doesn't return anything. In any case, it's not
something you want to eval casually in the middle of asking the user
for an integer.

Chris Angelico

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    Re: Input() in Python3 harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> - 2011-04-23 20:03 -0500
  Re: Input() in Python3 Westley Martínez <anikom15@gmail.com> - 2011-04-22 06:52 -0700
    Re: Input() in Python3 Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-04-22 10:08 -0400
      Re: Input() in Python3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-23 06:25 +1000
        Re: Input() in Python3 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-04-22 23:55 +0000
          Re: Input() in Python3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-23 10:07 +1000
      Re: Input() in Python3 Westley Martínez <anikom15@gmail.com> - 2011-04-23 12:33 -0700
        Re: Input() in Python3 Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-04-25 12:50 -0400

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