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Mon Apr 16 16:02:52 EDT 2001 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-April/068969.html

On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 05:38:10PM +0000, Dave LeBlanc wrote:
| How would this terminate the parsing of a Python program (as opposed
| to execution)?

Actually, you're right.  I doesn't stop parsing.  If you want python
to stop parsing a file, you must insert a syntax error <wink>.

Python parses, then byte-compiles the whole file before it begins
execution.  The Bourne shell simply parses and executes as it reaches
statements (AFAIK).  

-D

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