[IPython-dev] Ctrl-C quitting ipython
Gael Varoquaux
gael.varoquaux at normalesup.org
Wed Nov 3 12:26:11 EDT 2010
On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 05:08:03PM +0100, Hans Meine wrote:
> Unfortunately, it's probably not possible to detect this within ipython,
> right? After all, the SIGINT handler might also have played nice. It would
> be interesting to know
> - whether we can detect and report signal handlers being installed
> - whether that would be annoying (don't know how noisy the result would be)
> - whether we can catch exit() being called and at least report "IPython
> noticed some extension/C-code called exit()", which would have at least
> reduced the debugging time for us
Yes, absolutely. There is also a logic with installing signal handlers,
and they may really bring in value. How to do this well is beyond my
expertise, I must admit, so I cannot comment at all.
Gael
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