On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 6:11 PM, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > From: > > > https://docs.python.org/3/library/signal.html#execution-of-python-signal-handlers > > we have: > > A Python signal handler does not get executed inside the low-level (C) > signal handler. Instead, the low-level signal handler sets a flag which > tells the virtual machine to execute the corresponding Python signal > handler at a later point(for example at the next bytecode instruction).
Ah, thanks. Most importantly, though: Is there anything in the *language spec*, or is this a CPython implementation detail? ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list