Pythonwin - breaking out of infinite loop

[Graham]

How do I stop a Python program running in PythinWin? I would expect to be
able to use CTR-C or CTRL-break etc.

many thanks

Graham Smith

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[Aahz]

Re: Pythonwin - breaking out of infinite loop

In article <40193737$0$133 50$ed9e5944@rea ding.news.pipex .net>,
Graham <gsmith@oxfam.o rg.uk> wrote:[color=blue]
>
>How do I stop a Python program running in PythinWin? I would expect to be
>able to use CTR-C or CTRL-break etc.[/color]

That should work, but there are some oddball cases where Python won't
check for the signal. Here's a simple example:

while 1:
pass
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[Graham]

Re: Pythonwin - breaking out of infinite loop

Thanks to everyone who replied here.

Graham