Embedded python doesn't recognize exit()

[thewh1teagle]

BPO	45849
Nosy	@pfmoore, @tjguk, @zware, @zooba, @thewh1teagle

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closed_at = <Date 2021-11-19.23:24:04.196>
created_at = <Date 2021-11-19.22:50:55.529>
labels = ['type-bug', 'invalid', '3.10', 'OS-windows']
title = "Embedded python doesn't recognize exit()"
updated_at = <Date 2021-11-19.23:24:04.196>
user = 'https://github.com/thewh1teagle'

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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'not a bug'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue45849'
versions = ['Python 3.10']

[thewh1teagle]

C:\Users\user\Downloads\python-3.10.0-embed-win32>python
Python 3.10.0 (tags/v3.10.0:b494f59, Oct  4 2021, 18:46:30) [MSC v.1929 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
>>> exit
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'exit' is not defined
>>> exit()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'exit' is not defined
>>> import os;os._exit(0)

C:\Users\user\Downloads\python-3.10.0-embed-win32>

same error when running exit from file.

[zooba]

This is expected. The top-level exit() command only exists when the site module is imported, which is not the default for embedded Python (you should specify all the import paths explicitly, since they're going to be in your app rather than found by searching the disk).

You probably want to use sys.exit() in your script.