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Python crashes when reading some keys with os.read

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April 26, 2026 Score: 2 Rep: 181 Quality: Low Completeness: 40%

This is the normal behavior when you send SIGQUIT to a process.

To catch it, you need a signal handler:

import signal
def handler(signum, frame):
    print("SIGQUIT intercepted")
signal.signal(signal.SIGQUIT, handler)

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