[Python-Dev] Breaking bug #411881 into manageable pieces

[Aahz]

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
> There's a standard idiom for this:
> 
>   try:
>     ...code...
>   except KeyboardInterrupt:
>     raise
>   except:
>     ...handler...

May I suggest yet one more alteration:

    try:
        ...code...
    except (KeyboardInterrupt,SystemExit):
        raise
    except:
        ...handler...
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