That's really cool and has been added to my standard system stuff :) --Robert McIntyre
On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Alex Osborne <a...@meshy.org> wrote: > Stuart Sierra <the.stuart.sie...@gmail.com> writes: > >> If your REPL implementation runs each command in a new Thread (as most >> of them do, I think) it can just stop the thread. That won't work in >> every situation (for example, a thread blocked waiting for I/O) but it >> will get you out of an infinite sequence. > > For just a plain command-line REPL on unix you can try running this > before going into your infinite loop. Of course if something captures > the ThreadDeath exception then it's not going to work. > > (sun.misc.Signal/handle > (sun.misc.Signal. "INT") > (let [t (Thread/currentThread)] > (proxy [sun.misc.SignalHandler] [] > (handle [sig] (.stop t))))) > > Here's what it looks like when you hit Ctrl+C: > > user=> (while true) > ^Cjava.lang.ThreadDeath (NO_SOURCE_FILE:0) > user=> > > Under Emacs/Slime you can achieve the same thing by hitting C-c C-b > (or M-x slime-interrupt). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en