#2301: Proper handling of SIGINT/SIGQUIT -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: duncan | Owner: Type: bug | Status: patch Priority: high | Milestone: 7.8.1 Component: | Version: 6.12.3 libraries/process | Keywords: Resolution: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Operating System: POSIX | Difficulty: Unknown Type of failure: Incorrect result | Blocked By: at runtime | Related Tickets: Test Case: | #3994,#5766,#7229,#4274,#3318,#1619 Blocking: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by simonmar): I think you're absolutely right to throw `UserInterrupt` locally. The only question is what to do if it propagates to the top of a `forkIO` thread. I think it would be good to note in the docs that `UserInterrupt` only causes the process to die if it propagates to the top of the main thread, so if this is a child thread you need to arrange to propagate it to the parent, say by using `async` instead of raw `forkIO`. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2301#comment:42 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler