[Python-Dev] Issue #8863 adds a new PYTHONNOFAULTHANDLER environment variable (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sun Dec 19 19:53:43 CET 2010

This is also what I think. Installing a signal handler is a fairly drastic action, and I don't think the code has been sufficiently reviewed yet. How much more review should it receive?

There should be at least one reviewer with an established track record of being interested/knowledgable in the POSIX APIs and cross-platform aspects of it. As I said, any of the Twisted guys would qualify.

Well, Python already does (and also apparently messes with other things such as FPU state), so that's a separate issue altogether.

Not at all. Some signal handlers are more likely to interfere with the the rest of the application than others.

Regards, Martin

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