[Python-Dev] Issue #8863 adds a new PYTHONNOFAULTHANDLER environment variable

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>> This is also what I think. Installing a signal handler is a fairly
>> drastic action, and I don't think the code has been sufficiently
>> reviewed yet.
> 
> How much more review should it receive?

There should be at least one reviewer with an established track record
of being interested/knowledgable in the POSIX APIs and cross-platform
aspects of it. As I said, any of the Twisted guys would qualify.

> Well, Python already does (and also apparently messes with other things
> such as FPU state), so that's a separate issue altogether.

Not at all. Some signal handlers are more likely to interfere with the
the rest of the application than others.

Regards,
Martin