Index: Python/bltinmodule.c
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--- Python/bltinmodule.c	(revision 88710)
+++ Python/bltinmodule.c	(working copy)
@@ -1860,6 +1860,13 @@
     return d;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+builtin_abort(PyObject *self, PyObject *unused)
+{
+    exit(0);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 PyDoc_STRVAR(vars_doc,
 "vars([object]) -> dictionary\n\
 \n\
@@ -2298,6 +2305,7 @@
     {"sorted",          (PyCFunction)builtin_sorted,     METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, sorted_doc},
     {"sum",             builtin_sum,        METH_VARARGS, sum_doc},
     {"vars",            builtin_vars,       METH_VARARGS, vars_doc},
+    {"abort",           builtin_abort,      METH_NOARGS, ""},
     {NULL,              NULL},
 };