import sys
import time
import threading
class exThread(threading.Thread):
def __init__(self, threadId):
threading.Thread.__init__(self)
self.threadId = threadId
def run(self):
try:
while 1:
pass
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print "Ctrl-C caught by thread"
finally:
print "Thread's finally clause being executed"
sys.exit() # Same as thread.exit()
cond = True
def func():
pass
try:
th = exThread(1)
th.start()
while True:
if cond:
func()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print "Ctrl-C caught by main thread"
sys.exit(0)
finally:
print "Executing the finally clause from main thread"
On executing above code, when I press Ctrl-C, the main thread exits after printing from its finally clause. Now, since the child thread is a non-daemon, it is still running in the try: except KeyboardInterrupt block. However, this child thread doesn't seem to respond to Ctrl-C, even though it is supposed to catch KeyboardInterrupt exception. Why?
