Python Ctrl-C Lock-ups (was Re: Irix 6.5, gcc 2.95.2, readline and control-C problem)

[Quinn Dunkan]

On Mon, 15 May 2000 09:00:08 -0400, Randall Hopper <aa8vb at yahoo.com> wrote:
>Quinn Dunkan:
> |I have python compiled with gcc 2.8.1 on irix 6.5 system.  If I hit ^C when
> |readline is doing its thing, python locks up.  Meanwhile, I have python
> |and readline compiled with sgi cc on another irix 6.5 system, and everything
> |works properly.
>
>Compile Python without threads and your problem will go away.  I have the
>same problem with Python, both on FreeBSD and IRIX.

Aha, problem "solved", but of course only on machines where I don't run
threaded scripts :)  Does anyone know if this is a a readline problem, or
a bug in python's readline module?


thanks!