[IPython-dev] ctrl-c bug using -gthread on windows, with possible solution

[Pieter Cristiaan de Groot]

What I forgot to mention is that because of this IOError, threading dies.

Pieter

Pieter Cristiaan de Groot wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> running ipython 0.9.1 on windows using -gthread gives problems using 
> ctrl-c. It gives an IOError when ctrl-c is pushed during the sleep(0.01) 
> (File: Shell.py line 835-843), otherwise everyghing goes ok. This does 
> not happen on a linux machine.
>
> Here's the code:
>
>     def on_timer(self):
>         """Called when GTK is idle.
>             Must return True always, otherwise GTK stops calling it"""
>   
>         update_tk(self.tk)
>         self.IP.runcode()
>         time.sleep(0.01)
>         return True
>
> Replacing the bottom part with this seems to solve it:
>
>         try:
>             update_tk(self.tk)
>             self.IP.runcode()
>             time.sleep(0.01)
>             return True
>         except IOError, e:
>             return True
>
>
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Pieter
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