[issue29926] time.sleep ignores _thread.interrupt_main()

[Eryk Sun]

Eryk Sun added the comment:

> Even is IDLE is started from a console, the user execution process 
> is not attached to one.

Actually, the execution process is attached to a console, but it doesn't use it for sys.std*. Try

    open('con', 'w').write('spam\n')

> It is much like closing a terminal Window with [X], and restarting 
> the terminal and python, instead of using ^C.

There's no default handler for SIGBREAK, so when working in the console it's typically better to use Ctrl+Break to kill Python. This preserves the console's arrow-key & F7 input history and scrollback buffer.

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