bug#71853: 29.4; `kill-compilation` does not kill compilation process on Windows

[Eli Zaretskii]

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> From: Tze Chian Kam <tze.chian.kam@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 01:58:30 +1000
> 
> > From: Eli Zaretskii
> > Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 12:07:06 +0300
> > Please show the exact file you used as the compilation command,
> > because I cannot reproduce this with a few programs I tried, see
> > below.
> 
> Sorry, I used a Python file:
> ```
> import time
> 
> while True:
>     print("active")
>     sleep(1)
> ```

And how exactly did you invoke this?  Please show the complete command
you typed at the prompt of "M-x compile", because trying to reproduce
this (see below) I could't.

Also, can you interrupt the same program if you run it from the
Windows command prompt window and then type Ctrl-C?

I tried to run this program (without knowing how exactly did you do
that).  Here's what I did:

  . saved this program to a file loop.py
  . in "emacs -Q" typed the Emacs command

     M-x compile RET python loop.py RET

I then got an error:

   python loop.py
   active
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "loop.py", line 5, in <module>
       sleep(1)
   NameError: name 'sleep' is not defined

   Compilation exited abnormally with code 1 at Sun Jun 30 20:47:35, duration 
0.12 s

I then modified the program as follows:

    import time

    while True:
        print("active")
        time.sleep(1)

and ran the same compilation command again, then typed C-c C-k into
the compilation buffer.  The result:

   python loop.py
   active
   active
   active
   active
   active
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "loop.py", line 5, in <module>
       time.sleep(1)
   KeyboardInterrupt

   Compilation interrupt at Sun Jun 30 20:49:10, duration 4.37 s

which is what I would expect.

My Python is version 3.4.4, for native MS-Windows, installed from
python.org.

So bottom line: it works for me, even with your test program.  I'm
puzzled why it doesn't work for you.