"Russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I wrote a simple little function for exiting with an error message: > > def error ( message ): print_stack(); exit ("\nERROR: " + message + > "\n") > > It works fine for executing as a script,
How? In the standard interpreter, 'exit' is bound to the string 'Use Ctrl-Z plus Return to exit.' so trying to call it as a function fails. but when I run it > interactively in the python interpreter it kills the interpreter. > That's not what I want. Is there a simple way to have a script > terminate but not have it kill the python interpreter when I run it > interactively? I suspect I may need to use exceptions, but I'm hoping > not to need them. Thanks. The interactive interpreter runs a statement at a time and gives a prompt after any output. From a command shell, you can use a flag (-i I think) to enter interactive mode after the script end. Terry Jan Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
