480188 - KeyboardInterrupt in js shell

Status: NEW

(Core :: JavaScript Engine, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Jason Orendorff [:jorendorff]]

On platforms that HAVE_SIGACTION at least.  Like this:

  js> for (;;) ;
  ^C
  uncaught exception:KeyboardInterrupt
  js>

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

Hmm, I usually use ^C to quit the shell.  Should I be using ^D instead?

Comment 2

[Blake Kaplan (:mrbkap) (inactive)]

Yeah, ^C stops the program where it is, ^D goes through the normal quit() path.