Jack DeVries <jdevries3...@gmail.com> added the comment:
I wonder if the middle ground here is to let it be a teachable moment, and to inform the user by having the string returned by __repr__ be a bit more descriptive. Currently, it is: > Use exit() or Ctrl-Z plus Return to exit I propose: > exit is the function that closes Python when called. To call a Python > function, add parenthesis! For example, "exit()". To share a personal anecdote, Python was my first programming language. I can remember this specific case of REPL-stubbornness being instrumental in teaching me about referencing versus calling a function. Special cases cause confusion, and a shortcut that removes two characters at the expense of skirting past an essential understanding is not the right choice. The place we should be *most* careful about breaking language idioms are in the spots that are exposed to beginners and newcomers to the language. ---------- nosy: +jack__d _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue44603> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
