When writing Cython code, special care must be
taken to ensure that the code can be interrupted with CTRL-C.
Since Cython optimizes for speed, Cython normally does not check for
interrupts. For example, code like the following cannot be interrupted
in Cython:
while True:
pass
The cysignals package provides mechanisms to handle interrupts (and other
signals and errors) in Cython code.
- Python 2.7 or Python >= 3.4
- Cython >= 0.28
- Sphinx >= 1.6 (for building the documentation)
- PARI/GP (optional; for interfacing with the PARI/GP signal handler)
- cysignals on the Python package index: https://pypi.org/project/cysignals/
- cysignals code repository and issue tracker on GitHub: https://github.com/sagemath/cysignals
- full cysignals documentation on Read the Docs: http://cysignals.readthedocs.io/