Issue 17182: signal.default_int_handler should set signal number on the raised exception (original) (raw)

Issue17182

Created on 2013-02-11 13:59 by pitrou, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin.

Messages (4)
msg181894 - (view) Author: Antoine Pitrou (pitrou) * (Python committer) Date: 2013-02-11 13:59
Having a dedicated optional attribute on KeyboardInterrupt receiving the signal number would be useful in certain circumstances, for example if you want to propagate the signal to a child process.
msg223375 - (view) Author: Mark Lawrence (BreamoreBoy) * Date: 2014-07-17 21:08
Just a gentle reminder.
msg278564 - (view) Author: Stéphane Wirtel (matrixise) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-10-13 11:56
Hi Antoine and Mark, What's the interest of this "feature" ? Thank you
msg278565 - (view) Author: Antoine Pitrou (pitrou) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-10-13 11:58
Basically it allows you to call sys.exit() with the right error code.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:41 admin set github: 61384
2016-10-13 19:27:50 BreamoreBoy set nosy: - BreamoreBoy
2016-10-13 11:58:04 pitrou set messages: +
2016-10-13 11:56:47 matrixise set nosy: + matrixisemessages: +
2014-07-17 21:08:07 BreamoreBoy set nosy: + BreamoreBoymessages: + versions: + Python 3.5, - Python 3.4
2013-02-11 13:59:50 pitrou create