sql*plus autocommit and exit

From: Sami Seerangan <dba.orcl@xxxxxxxxx>
To: oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:33:14 -0400

Hi:

I have a autocommit value set to OFF however when I exit from SQL*Plus it 
commits the transaction.
Is it a expected behavior?

SQL> show auto
autocommit OFF

SQL> delete from t1;
48601 rows deleted.

SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.2.0- Pr
oduction
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
C:\Documents and Settings\s397131\Desktop>sqlplus sami/sami
SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production on Mon Aug 15 14:29:05 2005
Copyright (c) 1982, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options

SQL> select count(*) from t1;

 COUNT(*)
----------
 0

SQL> show auto
autocommit OFF
SQL>

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