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REPL should trap the INT signal instead of exiting #571

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64kramsystem opened this issue Jan 10, 2018 · 0 comments

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64kramsystem commented Jan 10, 2018 •

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REPLs traditionally trap the INT signal, and don't exit; instead, they exit when receiving a HUP.

This is desirable for blocking a running program - the user generally wants to return back to the REPL prompt, rather than back to the O/S.

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64kramsystem changed the title ~~REPL should trap the INT instead of exiting~~ REPL should trap the INT signal instead of exiting

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