I'm not sure I understand this issue, but I'll comment that this is just one of many reasons why the user's file should always be saved before a run, a feature introduced by David Scherer 12 years ago but which may get periodically lost.
Bruce Sherwood On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:54 PM, serwy <[email protected]> wrote: > IDLE developers, > > In the interest of simplifying IDLE's code, I suggest that running IDLE > *without* a subprocess be deprecated. Since 2009, IDLE could have multiple > instances running while using a subprocess. See > http://bugs.python.org/issue1529142 > > Running without a subprocess has a flaw in that Ctrl+C from the IDLE GUI can > not be used to stop a program. This can be irritating to Python beginners if > an accidental infinite loop arises and the user's only recourse is to > restart IDLE, losing any unsaved work in the editor windows. > > What are your thoughts? > > - Roger > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > IDLE-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev _______________________________________________ IDLE-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev
