[Python-Dev] Proposal - KeyboardInterrupt should inherit directly from Exception (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh@starship.python.net
Thu, 08 Nov 2001 05:24:53 -0500

Skip Montanaro <montanaro@tttech.com> writes:

[KeyboardInterrupt]

Parenthetically, could someone explain why this doesn't work[1]:

import signal def interrupt(signum, frame): ... sys.exit(1) ... signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, interrupt) ^C KeyboardInterrupt ^C KeyboardInterrupt ^C KeyboardInterrupt

and yet:

def testit(): ... signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, interrupt) ... while 1: ... pass ... testit() ^C[mwh@starship mwh]$

I think I hate readline.

Cheers, M.

[1] Actually I know, on thinking about it, but it still sucks. Is this worth working around?

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