gh-58319: IDLE: Add interrupt handle when open debugger by mlouielu · Pull Request #1821 · python/cpython

I'm wondering about the naming of the function "user_interrupt".

The other "user_*" functions ("user_line", "user_exception", etc.) are Bdb callbacks that allow the debugger to update itself based on the current state of the running program. In this case, we're actually trying to control the running program, and this routine is called by our own code, not Bdb.

The Bdb "set_" functions do control the running program, so we could consider "set_interrupt". The only potential downside is that it wouldn't be clear that this isn't a Bdb function. Perhaps something along the lines of "force_interrupt"?

I'm not normally super-pendantic about names, but with all the difference places where code is running in the debugger, it's hard enough to follow as it is, so anything that can be done in IDLE to avoid confusion is a good thing.