custom keyboard interrupt handling in ask_yes_no

Sometimes, Ctrl-C just makes sense as an answer, and re-asking the
question is just frustrating. This changes makes it possible to break
out of the asking loop via Ctrl-C. This is particularly handy for asking
questions from the command line, where one expects Ctrl-c to be a sort
of "Cancel" operation, and is often functionally equivalent to "no"

IPython/utils/io.py

@@ -1,229 +1,232 b''
 # encoding: utf-8
 """
 IO related utilities.
 """
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Copyright (C) 2008-2011  The IPython Development Team
 #
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import os
 import sys
 import tempfile
 from .capture import CapturedIO, capture_output
 from .py3compat import string_types, input
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Code
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 class IOStream:
 
     def __init__(self,stream, fallback=None):
         if not hasattr(stream,'write') or not hasattr(stream,'flush'):
             if fallback is not None:
                 stream = fallback
             else:
                 raise ValueError("fallback required, but not specified")
         self.stream = stream
         self._swrite = stream.write
 
         # clone all methods not overridden:
         def clone(meth):
             return not hasattr(self, meth) and not meth.startswith('_')
         for meth in filter(clone, dir(stream)):
             setattr(self, meth, getattr(stream, meth))
 
     def write(self,data):
         try:
             self._swrite(data)
         except:
             try:
                 # print handles some unicode issues which may trip a plain
                 # write() call.  Emulate write() by using an empty end
                 # argument.
                 print(data, end='', file=self.stream)
             except:
                 # if we get here, something is seriously broken.
                 print('ERROR - failed to write data to stream:', self.stream,
                       file=sys.stderr)
 
     def writelines(self, lines):
         if isinstance(lines, string_types):
             lines = [lines]
         for line in lines:
             self.write(line)
 
     # This class used to have a writeln method, but regular files and streams
     # in Python don't have this method. We need to keep this completely
     # compatible so we removed it.
 
     @property
     def closed(self):
         return self.stream.closed
 
     def close(self):
         pass
 
 # setup stdin/stdout/stderr to sys.stdin/sys.stdout/sys.stderr
 devnull = open(os.devnull, 'a')
 stdin = IOStream(sys.stdin, fallback=devnull)
 stdout = IOStream(sys.stdout, fallback=devnull)
 stderr = IOStream(sys.stderr, fallback=devnull)
 
 class IOTerm:
     """ Term holds the file or file-like objects for handling I/O operations.
 
     These are normally just sys.stdin, sys.stdout and sys.stderr but for
     Windows they can can replaced to allow editing the strings before they are
     displayed."""
 
     # In the future, having IPython channel all its I/O operations through
     # this class will make it easier to embed it into other environments which
     # are not a normal terminal (such as a GUI-based shell)
     def __init__(self, stdin=None, stdout=None, stderr=None):
         mymodule = sys.modules[__name__]
         self.stdin  = IOStream(stdin, mymodule.stdin)
         self.stdout = IOStream(stdout, mymodule.stdout)
         self.stderr = IOStream(stderr, mymodule.stderr)
 
 
 class Tee(object):
     """A class to duplicate an output stream to stdout/err.
 
     This works in a manner very similar to the Unix 'tee' command.
 
     When the object is closed or deleted, it closes the original file given to
     it for duplication.
     """
     # Inspired by:
     # http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2007-May/442737.html
 
     def __init__(self, file_or_name, mode="w", channel='stdout'):
         """Construct a new Tee object.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         file_or_name : filename or open filehandle (writable)
           File that will be duplicated
 
         mode : optional, valid mode for open().
           If a filename was give, open with this mode.
 
         channel : str, one of ['stdout', 'stderr']
         """
         if channel not in ['stdout', 'stderr']:
             raise ValueError('Invalid channel spec %s' % channel)
 
         if hasattr(file_or_name, 'write') and hasattr(file_or_name, 'seek'):
             self.file = file_or_name
         else:
             self.file = open(file_or_name, mode)
         self.channel = channel
         self.ostream = getattr(sys, channel)
         setattr(sys, channel, self)
         self._closed = False
 
     def close(self):
         """Close the file and restore the channel."""
         self.flush()
         setattr(sys, self.channel, self.ostream)
         self.file.close()
         self._closed = True
 
     def write(self, data):
         """Write data to both channels."""
         self.file.write(data)
         self.ostream.write(data)
         self.ostream.flush()
 
     def flush(self):
         """Flush both channels."""
         self.file.flush()
         self.ostream.flush()
 
     def __del__(self):
         if not self._closed:
             self.close()
 
 
-def ask_yes_no(prompt,default=None):
+def ask_yes_no(prompt, default=None, interrupt=None):
     """Asks a question and returns a boolean (y/n) answer.
 
     If default is given (one of 'y','n'), it is used if the user input is
-    empty. Otherwise the question is repeated until an answer is given.
+    empty. If interrupt is given (one of 'y','n'), it is used if the user
+    presses Ctrl-C. Otherwise the question is repeated until an answer is
+    given.
 
     An EOF is treated as the default answer.  If there is no default, an
     exception is raised to prevent infinite loops.
 
     Valid answers are: y/yes/n/no (match is not case sensitive)."""
 
     answers = {'y':True,'n':False,'yes':True,'no':False}
     ans = None
     while ans not in answers.keys():
         try:
             ans = input(prompt+' ').lower()
             if not ans:  # response was an empty string
                 ans = default
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
-            pass
+            if interrupt:
+                ans = interrupt
         except EOFError:
             if default in answers.keys():
                 ans = default
                 print()
             else:
                 raise
 
     return answers[ans]
 
 
 def temp_pyfile(src, ext='.py'):
     """Make a temporary python file, return filename and filehandle.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     src : string or list of strings (no need for ending newlines if list)
       Source code to be written to the file.
 
     ext : optional, string
       Extension for the generated file.
 
     Returns
     -------
     (filename, open filehandle)
       It is the caller's responsibility to close the open file and unlink it.
     """
     fname = tempfile.mkstemp(ext)[1]
     f = open(fname,'w')
     f.write(src)
     f.flush()
     return fname, f
 
 
 def raw_print(*args, **kw):
     """Raw print to sys.__stdout__, otherwise identical interface to print()."""
 
     print(*args, sep=kw.get('sep', ' '), end=kw.get('end', '\n'),
           file=sys.__stdout__)
     sys.__stdout__.flush()
 
 
 def raw_print_err(*args, **kw):
     """Raw print to sys.__stderr__, otherwise identical interface to print()."""
 
     print(*args, sep=kw.get('sep', ' '), end=kw.get('end', '\n'),
           file=sys.__stderr__)
     sys.__stderr__.flush()
 
 
 # Short aliases for quick debugging, do NOT use these in production code.
 rprint = raw_print
 rprinte = raw_print_err