John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Jun 18, 12:51 am, geoffbache <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [snip]
> > Is this a bug? I couldn't find any code, but I imagine something like
> > try:
> > import site
> > except:
> > sys.stderr.write("import site failed; use -v for traceback\n")
> >
> > which should surely allow a KeyboardInterrupt exception through?
>
> Surely?? A bare "except" catches *all* remaining uncaught exceptions.
I parsed that "should" as "this should be changed".
> Allowing a KeyboardInterrupt exception through would require:
> except KeyboardInterrupt:
> pass
Actually, to allow it through would require re-raising it:
except KeyboardInterrupt:
raise
Yes, I think that's what Geoff is saying "should" be done :-)
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