New submission from Jan Velecký: Hello, documentation (https://docs.python.org/2/library/signal.html) states, that Python by default installs SIGINT handler which cause KeyboardInterrupt. This is not true everytime according to implementation. "Python installs a small number of signal handlers by default: SIGPIPE ... and SIGINT is translated into a KeyboardInterrupt exception." It should also mention this "SIGINT is installed only, when default handler is set at startup.". Because user can run python script from non-interative shell as background task and SIGINT handler is not installed, regardless although user does not change Python default behaviour.
Related SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/40775054/capturing-sigint-using-keyboardinterrupt-exception-works-in-terminal-not-in-scr/40785230?noredirect=1 ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 281664 nosy: Jan Velecký, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Misleading stating, that SIGINT handler is installed by default type: behavior versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue28795> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
