Re: [matplotlib-devel] Interrupt is fixed

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Neal Becker <ndb...@gm...> wrote:

> OK, my mistake.  I'm using 1.1.1rc2.
>
> I was using a new installation without any matplotlibrc, and was defaulted
> to
> gtk.
>
> If I set:
> backend : Qt4Agg
>
> then the problem has returned.
>
>
Usually, the source of such problems is someone using a bare try...except.
KeyboardInterrupt subclasses BaseException.  There is a subtle difference
between

try:
   foo()
except:
   pass

and

try:
    foo()
except Exception:
    pass

The first will capture Ctrl-C and throw it away, while the latter will
not.  PEP8 recommends against blind usage of bare except clauses.

Happy hunting!
Ben Root