This is a simple question with a simple answer, but I just wanted to add something relevant. Often people understand that it does nothing and particularly for the case that you presented, the semi-colon is an unnecessary line termination. But what is the rationale behind it ? Actually, those empty statements are allowed for statement … Read more
You can also do it if you use the exit() function in your code. More ideally, you can do sys.exit(). sys.exit() which might terminate Python even if you are running things in parallel through the multiprocessing package. Note: In order to use the sys.exit(), you must import it: import sys
import sys sys.exit() details from the sys module documentation: sys.exit([arg]) Exit from Python. This is implemented by raising the SystemExit exception, so cleanup actions specified by finally clauses of try statements are honored, and it is possible to intercept the exit attempt at an outer level. The optional argument arg can be an integer giving … Read more