[New-bugs-announce] [issue38958] asyncio REPL swallows KeyboardInterrupt while editing

[Io Mintz]

New submission from Io Mintz <io at mintz.cc>:

"python3 -m asyncio" swallows KeyboardInterrupt while editing a line.

Problem steps:
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- run python -m asyncio
- press ^C

Expected behavior (normal CPython REPL, as well as python -m code):
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The current input line is abandoned and "\nKeyboardInterrupt" is printed.

Sample for "spam^C" with the normal REPL:
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Python 3.8.0 (default, Oct 23 2019, 18:51:26) 
[GCC 9.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> spam
KeyboardInterrupt

Python 3.9.0a1+ (heads/master:a62ad4730c, Dec  2 2019, 17:38:37) 
[GCC 9.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> spam
KeyboardInterrupt


Sample for "spam^C" in the InteractiveConsole REPL, as invoked by `python -m code`:
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Python 3.8.0 (default, Oct 23 2019, 18:51:26) 
[GCC 9.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
(InteractiveConsole)
>>> spam
KeyboardInterrupt

Python 3.9.0a1+ (heads/master:a62ad4730c, Dec  2 2019, 17:38:37) 
[GCC 9.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
(InteractiveConsole)
>>> spam
KeyboardInterrupt


Actual behavior:
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The KeyboardInterrupt is ignored, the current input line remains on screen, and a new line is not started:

asyncio REPL 3.8.0 (default, Oct 23 2019, 18:51:26) 
[GCC 9.2.0] on linux
Use "await" directly instead of "asyncio.run()".
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import asyncio
>>> spam

asyncio REPL 3.9.0a1+ (heads/master:a62ad4730c, Dec  2 2019, 17:38:37) 
[GCC 9.2.0] on linux
Use "await" directly instead of "asyncio.run()".
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import asyncio
>>> spam


Workaround
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If editing a continued block (ie a line prefixed by sys.ps2 / "..."), enter any invalid syntax (such as unindented code) to cancel the current block. If editing a single line, press ^U to clear the line.

OS Details
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Arch Linux, python extra/python 3.8.0-1.

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components: asyncio
messages: 357738
nosy: asvetlov, iomintz, yselivanov
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: asyncio REPL swallows KeyboardInterrupt while editing
versions: Python 3.8, Python 3.9

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