Handling Ctrl-C cleanly in Python

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# Shows how to handle Ctrl-C
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import signal
import time
import zmq

context = zmq.Context()
socket = context.socket(zmq.REP)
socket.bind("tcp://*:5558")

# SIGINT will normally raise a KeyboardInterrupt, just like any other Python call
try:
socket.recv()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print("W: interrupt received, stopping…")
finally:
# clean up
socket.close()
context.term()