Victor Stinner <victor.stin...@gmail.com>: > Proposition > =========== > > If a system call fails with ``EINTR``, Python must call signal > handlers: call ``PyErr_CheckSignals()``. If a signal handler raises > an exception, the Python function fails with the exception. > Otherwise, the system call is retried. If the system call takes a > timeout parameter, the timeout is recomputed.
Signals are tricky and easy to get wrong, to be sure, but I think it is dangerous for Python to unconditionally commandeer signal handling. If the proposition is accepted, there should be a way to opt out. Marko _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
