numpy: How do you "break" a numpy operation?

Question

I accidentally tried to make a 200,000 x 200,000 array in numpy. Control-C does not seem to break the operation. Is there any way to stop the array creation without simply killing the python session?

Answer 1

Unfortunately no. Python (and MatLab, the only other analysis package I use) do not detect the user interrupt until the current operation (NOT run) is finished.