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

Pieter Cristiaan de Groot p.c.degroot at tudelft.nl
Thu Feb 12 08:06:08 EST 2009


Hi all,

this is my last attempt to get the attention to this post. Even if this 
is the wrong place to post to,
could somebody explain where it should be posted?

Pieter

Pieter Cristiaan de Groot wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> any comments on the ctrl-c issue?
> Or did I post to the wrong list?
>
> Pieter
>
> Pieter Cristiaan de Groot wrote:
>   
>> 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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