KeyboardInterrupt — Advanced Playground

Raised when the user presses Ctrl+C

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# Custom exception hierarchy
class DetailedKeyboardInterruptError(KeyboardInterrupt):
    def __init__(self, message, details=None):
        super().__init__(message)
        self.details = details or {}

    def __str__(self):
        base = super().__str__()
        if self.details:
            detail_str = ", ".join(f"{k}={v}" for k, v in self.details.items())
            return f"{base} [{detail_str}]"
        return base

try:
    raise DetailedKeyboardInterruptError(
        "Something went wrong",
        {"code": 42, "source": "test"}
    )
except KeyboardInterrupt as e:
    print(f"Caught: {e}")
    if hasattr(e, 'details'):
        print(f"Details: {e.details}")

Output

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Challenge

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