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Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 09:21:38 -0400
From: Dave Angel <davea@davea.name>
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On 05/11/2015 08:35 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Mon, 11 May 2015 09:57 pm, Dave Angel wrote:
>
>> On 05/11/2015 07:46 AM, Skybuck Flying wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Sometimes it can be handy to "interrupt/reset/reposition" a running
>>> script.
>>>
>>> For example something externally goes badly wrong.
>>>
>>
>> os.kill()
>>
>> then in your process, handle the exception, and do whatever you think is
>> worthwhile.
>
>
> Are you suggesting that the app sends itself a signal?
>
> Is that even allowed?
>

No idea if it's allowed.  I didn't notice his sample was multithreaded, 
as i grabbed on the "externally goes badly wrong".



-- 
DaveA