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Python has two signal handlers

Blocking a signal is different than ignoring it

Python doesn't pass SA_RESTART

Safe signal idioms

Python signal handlers are unexpectedly reentrant

Is it safe to call print in a Python signal handler?

time.sleep and signal interrupts

Python siginterrupt is confusing

We learned earlier that because Python has two signal handlers , the onerous restrictions on what functions a signal handler may call do not apply to Python, because CPython does not call the user-supplied Python signal handler inside the low-level C signal handler, where those restrictions do apply, but arranges for it to be called later, when the interpreter is in a consistent state.

We also learned that Python signal handlers are unexpectedly reentrant – if a signal arrives while a Python signal handler is running, the signal handler can be called again in the middle of the first call.

What happens if a signal handler is reentered in the middle of…