Merge pull request #8337 from minrk/workaround-close-fds

PR: Specify close_fds=False on Windows

spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/plugin.py

@@ -1549,10 +1549,16 @@ def create_kernel_manager_and_kernel_client(self, connection_file,
             return (error_msg, None)
         kernel_manager._kernel_spec = kernel_spec
 
+        kwargs = {}
+        if os.name == 'nt':
+            # avoid closing fds on win+Python 3.7
+            # which prevents interrupts
+            # jupyter_client > 5.2.3 will do this by default
+            kwargs['close_fds'] = False
         # Catch any error generated when trying to start the kernel
         # See issue 7302
         try:
-            kernel_manager.start_kernel(stderr=stderr_handle)
+            kernel_manager.start_kernel(stderr=stderr_handle, **kwargs)
         except Exception:
             error_msg = _("The error is:<br><br>"
                           "<tt>{}</tt>").format(traceback.format_exc())