Lloyd Zusman
2/12/2008 4:47:00 PM
I left out a "Kernel.exit(0)" call in my test, but I still have the same
problemL
trap("INT") do
puts "got signal INT"
Kernel.exit(0)
end
puts "Enter some characters followed by newline:"
result = gets
puts result
% ruby cctest
Enter some characters followed by newline:
[ here I enter AB^CDEFG, where "^C" is Control-C, which
doesn't cause the input to be aborted ]
ABDEFG <- This is what echos when I'm typing.
got signal INT <- This is what echos after I hit newline.
In other words, the SIGINT still doesn't get processed until
after the newline is entered.
Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:
> What is the canonical method for allowing an IO#gets call to be
> immediately interrupted by Control-C? This doesn't seem to work as I am
> expecting. Consider the following bit of ruby code:
>
> trap("INT") do
> puts "got signal INT"
> end
> puts "Enter some characters followed by newline:"
> result = gets
> puts result
>
> When I run this and enter a few characters interspersed with an instance
> of Control-C, the Control-C doesn't get recognized until after I hit
> newline. Assuming that this program is in a file called "cctest",
> here's what happens:
>
> % ruby cctest
> Enter some characters followed by newline:
> [ here I enter AB^CDEFG, where "^C" is Control-C, which
> doesn't cause the input to be aborted ]
> ABDEFG <- This is what echos when I'm typing.
> got signal INT <- This is what echos after I hit newline,
> DEFG <- ... and this, as well.
>
> In other words, the SIGINT resulting from Control-C doesn't get
> processed at until after I type the newline.
>
> I've searched for discussions of this on the net, but I haven't found
> anything under a "ruby interrupt gets" Google search, because the word
> "gets" is used so commonly in English in so many other contexts.
>
> I know that I can write my own input handler or use something like the
> HighLine package, but I'm wondering whether there's a way to cause
> IO#gets to do what I want.
>
> By the way, in case this is pertinent ...
>
> % ruby --version
> ruby 1.8.5 (2006-12-25 patchlevel 12) [i686-linux]
>
> % uname -mor
> 2.6.9-022stab078.20-enterprise i686 GNU/Linux
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> --
> Lloyd Zusman
> ljz@asfast.com
> God bless you.
>
>
>
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Lloyd Zusman
ljz@asfast.com
God bless you.