[Python-Dev] Check for signals during regular expression matches (issue846388)

[Ralf Schmitt]

Hi all,

Currently the re module does not handle signals. I've been once a victim of
such a case in a real world setup (i.e. the python interpreter seems to hang
at 100% CPU  and is not interuptible with control c)

http://bugs.python.org/issue846388 opened 4 years ago contained a patch for
this issue (which ofcourse didn't apply).
I've updated that patch and added an example regular expression, which
'hangs' the python interpreter.
I think this issue should be handled.

Regards,
- Ralf
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