MacPython-OS9 has had an abort() function for quite a while now, so there's no reason...

diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index 3aa63e9432d3690f3eba871f007e12d277a4fa34..fa72fe8813f6d1877286d12683e6e9ec6206f61e 100644 (file)
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -1323,9 +1323,6 @@ void
 Py_FatalError(const char *msg)
 {
        fprintf(stderr, "Fatal Python error: %s\n", msg);
-#ifdef macintosh
-       for (;;);
-#endif
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
        OutputDebugString("Fatal Python error: ");
        OutputDebugString(msg);