From d72b217ff3688fd166cac25729d70548c7d9992b 2013-01-29 06:56:02
From: MinRK <benjaminrk@gmail.com>
Date: 2013-01-29 06:56:02
Subject: [PATCH] never use Queue.get(timeout=None)

Queue.get(timeout=None) has stupid uninterruptible behavior,
so wait for a week instead.

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diff --git a/IPython/zmq/blockingkernelmanager.py b/IPython/zmq/blockingkernelmanager.py
index 69aac2f..132a1a2 100644
--- a/IPython/zmq/blockingkernelmanager.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/blockingkernelmanager.py
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ class BlockingChannelMixin(object):
         
     def get_msg(self, block=True, timeout=None):
         """ Gets a message if there is one that is ready. """
+        if timeout is None:
+            # Queue.get(timeout=None) has stupid uninteruptible
+            # behavior, so wait for a week instead
+            timeout = 604800
         return self._in_queue.get(block, timeout)
         
     def get_msgs(self):