catching signals in an object

robert no-spam at no-spam-no-spam.invalid
Mon Jan 15 12:32:52 EST 2007


hg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need to catch a signal "SIGUSR1" in an object ... and I need the signal
> def that traps is to access the object context ... is that possible  ?
> (*nix and windows)
> 
> ex:
> 
> class test:
>         def __init__(self):
>                 self.Set_Signal()
> 
>         def Set_Signal(self):
>                 import signal
>                 signal.signal(..., Func)
>                 def Func(.....):
>                         #I need to get access to self
> 
> 
> or can signal.signal take a method as param ?
> 

Just do it! Python is a functional language.
You have access to self (search for the term "closure") and 
self.method is bound - thus a 'function'

objects are nothing special in Python.


Robert



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