The return code of python on linux when the program is ended with a KeyboardInterrupt should be -2, this works in most cases - except when called via "python -m"


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Python 3.8.2 (default, Jul 16 2020, 14:00:26) 
[GCC 9.3.0] on linux
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>>> import pathlib, subprocess
>>> pathlib.Path("spam.py").write_text("raise KeyboardInterrupt")
23
>>> subprocess.run(["python3", "spam.py"])
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "spam.py", line 1, in <module>
    raise KeyboardInterrupt
KeyboardInterrupt
CompletedProcess(args=['python3', 'spam.py'], returncode=-2)
>>> subprocess.run(["python3", "-m", "spam"])
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/home/graingert/projects/spam.py", line 1, in <module>
    raise KeyboardInterrupt
KeyboardInterrupt
CompletedProcess(args=['python3', '-m', 'spam'], returncode=1)
>>>