Adam Olsen <rha...@gmail.com> added the comment: The real, OS signal does not get propagated to the main thread. Only the python-level signal handler runs from the main thread.
Correctly written programs are supposed to let select block indefinitely. This allows them to have exactly 0 CPU usage, especially important on laptops and other limited power devices. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1975> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com