Nick Maclaren schrieb: >> (coment by Arjan van de Ven): >> | afaik the kernel only sends signals to threads that don't have them >> blocked. >> | If python doesn't want anyone but the main thread to get signals, it >> should just >> | block signals on all but the main thread and then by nature, all >> signals will go >> | to the main thread.... > > Well, THAT'S wrong, I am afraid! Things ain't that simple :-( > > Yes, POSIX implies that things work that way, but there are so many > get-out clauses and problems with trying to implement that specification > that such behaviour can't be relied on.
Can you please give one example for each (one get-out clause, and one problem with trying to implement that). I fail to see why it isn't desirable to make all signals occur in the main thread, on systems where this is possible. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
