This discussion started on pythonmac-SIG, but someone suggested that it isn't really a MacPython-specific issue (even though the implementation will be different for MacPython from unix-Python). Any opinions? Begin forwarded message: > From: Martin Miller <mmiller@adobe.com> > Date: Wed Jan 30, 2002 08:14:13 PM Europe/Amsterdam > To: pythonmac-sig@python.org > Subject: Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] sys.exit() functionality > > On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 15:29:21 +0100, Jack Jansen wrote: >> >> On Tuesday, January 29, 2002, at 08:54 , Jon Bradley wrote: >> >>> hey all, >>> >>> In embedded Python - why does sys.exit() quit out of the application >>> that's >>> embedding the interpreter? Is there any way to trap or >>> disregard this? >>> >>> If a user creates an application with Python and runs it through the >>> embedded interpreter, calling quit or exit on the Python application >>> itself >>> is more than ok, but allowing it to force out of the parent >>> application >>> isn't. >> >> Sounds reasonable. How about a routine PyMac_SetExitFunc() that you >> could call to set your own exit function, (similar to >> PyMac_SetConsoleHandler())? MacPython would then do all it's normal >> cleanup, but at the very end call your routine in stead of exit(). > > With an approach like the above, wouldn't it be better to have a > platform-independent way of defining a custom exit function, > rather than > calling a Mac-only system function -- or is this whole thing only an > issue with MacPython embedding? > > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig > -- - Jack Jansen <Jack.Jansen@oratrix.com> http://www.cwi.nl/~jack - - If I can't dance I don't want to be part of your revolution -- Emma Goldman -
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