PyErr_SetInterrupt should have an equivalent that takes a signal number

[pitrou]

BPO	43356
Nosy	@pitrou, @vstinner
PRs	bpo-43356: Allow passing a signal number to interrupt_main() #24755

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labels = ['expert-C-API', 'type-feature', '3.10']
title = 'PyErr_SetInterrupt should have an equivalent that takes a signal number'
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[pitrou]

PyErr_SetInterrupt() is useful if you want to simulate the effect of a SIGINT.
It would be helpful to provide a similar primitive for other signal numbers, e.g. PyErr_SetInterruptEx(int signum).

[pitrou]

New changeset ba251c2 by Antoine Pitrou in branch 'master':
bpo-43356: Allow passing a signal number to interrupt_main() (GH-24755)
ba251c2