[issue39765] asyncio loop.add_signal_handler() may not behave as expected

LtWorf added the comment: This looks related to: https://bugs.python.org/issue32443 -- nosy: +tiposchi ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue39765] asyncio loop.add_signal_handler() may not behave as expected

Andrew Svetlov added the comment: Other threads are not related. Speaking about the main thread that runs an event loop with the signal handler installed -- the handler is executed along with other async code. If the loop executes some user-provides async task -- it executes the signal

[issue39765] asyncio loop.add_signal_handler() may not behave as expected

Roger Dahl added the comment: > I'm sorry. but loop.set_signal_handler() method doesn't exist. Oops, fixed. > Assuming you mean loop.add_signal_handler() method, I would say that a > minute-long delay is a sign of long blocking calls in your program. During the delay for the callback to

[issue39765] asyncio loop.add_signal_handler() may not behave as expected

Andrew Svetlov added the comment: Assuming you mean loop.add_signal_handler() method, I would say that a minute-long delay is a sign of long blocking calls in your program. Typical asyncio program blocks the loop for 1-10 milliseconds at most, and signal handlers are called with this delay.