[Pyrex] while loop not detecting ctrl-c

[Greg Ewing]

Bryan Weingarten <bryan.weingarten at pobox.com>:

> i'm not sure i'm understanding what you mean by a  default callback.  i 
> thought this was what you meant, but it didn't work.

The default callback probably has to be an interpreted Python
function, not a Pyrex function. The reason is that it's the
interpreter loop which checks for the flag set by the ctrl-C handler
and raises a Python exception.

You may have to create an auxiliary Python module containing a
do-nothing function and import that into the Pyrex module.  Not very
elegant, but it's the best I can think of at the moment without
delving into the internals of things.

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