Will McGugan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> sys.exit() raises a SystemExit, see >> http://docs.python.org/lib/module-sys.html >> > Oh I know. I was just wondering if there was some sort of subtle 'best > practice' recommendation that I wasnt aware of for using sys.exit over > raising the exception manually. In the same way that 'open' is prefered > over 'file', even though they appear to do the same thing.
'open' is preferred when you are opening a file, 'file' is preferred when it is the type you want. That way you leave open the option to intercept the 'open' action without interfering with tests against the type. I guess in a similar way you should prefer the overridable sys.exit() function rather than using the exception directly. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
