exit isn't recognized as a command

Description of your problem

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Create a simple script
2. At the end of the script, add the command exit()
3. Run the script, for example via the interface Run->Run

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I would expect the program to simply exit. Instead, I get an error “NameError: name ‘exit’ is not defined”. This error does not occur when running directly in python.

Please provide any additional information below

This may be an iPython issue instead of a Spyder issue, I’m not sure.

sys.exit() will succeed in quitting the program, but with a warning message to use exit or quit instead, so it isn’t ideal.

Versions and main components

• Spyder Version: 3.1.4 64 bit
• Python Version: 3.6.1
• iPython Version: 6.1.0
• Qt Version: 5.6.2
• PyQt Version: 5.6
• Operating system: Windows 7

Dependencies

Please go to the menu entry Help > Optional Dependencies (or Help > Dependencies), press the button Copy to clipboard and paste the contents below:

jedi >=0.9.0 : 0.10.2 (OK) matplotlib >=1.0 : 2.0.2 (OK) nbconvert >=4.0 : 5.2.1 (OK) numpy >=1.7 : 1.12.1 (OK) pandas >=0.13.1 : 0.20.2 (OK) pep8 >=0.6 : 1.7.0 (OK) pyflakes >=0.6.0 : 1.5.0 (OK) pygments >=2.0 : 2.2.0 (OK) pylint >=0.25 : 1.6.4 (OK) qtconsole >=4.2.0: 4.3.0 (OK) rope >=0.9.4 : 0.9.4-1 (OK) sphinx >=0.6.6 : 1.6.2 (OK) sympy >=0.7.3 : 1.0 (OK)

[eliot1785]

I think you are making the right decision since the issue I reported is with iPython, not Spyder. Sorry.

And the secondary concern I had isn’t an issue per se, it is just that I don’t like how the iPython interface has decided to handle terminations. That is just a design decision on iPython’s part. You can actually just close this ticket entirely if you don’t want to put it on the wishlist.

I am going to try your new project spyder-terminal since I think what I really want is the terminal feel.

[ccordoba12]

I can’t reproduce this problem on Linux. @dalthviz, please take a look at this one on Windows.