[Python-Dev] Comments of the PEP 3151

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Glenn Linderman writes:

 > Sorry, no.  "InterruptError" sounds too much like a CPU interrupt 
 > signal, which the error is not.  "InterruptedError" is OK by me, I don't 
 > see the confusion you do.  But maybe "InterruptedOperationError" would 
 > be the most clear.  Way too long, of course, so maybe 
 > "InterruptedAPIError" or "InterruptedOpError" or "EINTRError" in my 
 > order of preference.

Eh, doesn't it bother anybody that it's not an error, but a user
action?

If it needs a separate name, something like InterruptException seems
most accurate to me.