Hitting Ctrl-C in dpython exits the process

[dowski]

$ dpython
[2013/03/19 05:40:35] {diesel} WARNING:Starting diesel <hand-rolled select.epoll>
Python 2.7.1+ (r271:86832, Sep 27 2012, 21:12:17)
[GCC 4.5.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
(InteractiveConsole)
>>> import diesel
>>> diesel.wait('for-something')
^C[2013/03/19 05:40:57] {diesel} WARNING:-- KeyboardInterrupt raised.. exiting main loop --
[2013/03/19 05:40:57] {diesel} INFO:Ending diesel application
$

This doesn't happen in the standard Python interpreter when a blocking operation is in progress. It just interrupts the operation and you can continue on your merry way.

$ python
Python 2.7.1+ (r271:86832, Sep 27 2012, 21:12:17)
[GCC 4.5.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import time
>>> time.sleep(10)
^CTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
KeyboardInterrupt
>>>