[Python-Dev] Update PEP 292 (original) (raw)

Raymond Hettinger python at rcn.com
Fri Aug 20 19:04:46 CEST 2004

> However, the reason I didn't speak up earlier was because I thought > Raymond had a good technical point about his failure in getting your > package to work, and I can't in good conscience support the package > until that's resolved.

Did you try it? I'm really interested in getting additional feedback, because AFAIK only Raymond and I have. It works for me, but doesn't for him. But if the package problem turns out to be real, we shouldn't support it, or expend too much effort fixing it.

That part is not a package problem. The circular import issue occurs whether you put Template in string.py or in a string package. Try a quick experiment to confirm on your machine:

Take your existing string.py, add a couple of lines:

   import re
   pattern = re.compile('bingo')

Now, clear out your pyc files, start python and import re.

Here's what I get:

C:\py24\Lib>python Python 2.4a2 (#46, Aug 19 2004, 18:01:28) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import re Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? File "C:\PY24\lib\re.py", line 5, in ? from sre import * File "C:\PY24\lib\sre.py", line 98, in ? import sre_parse File "C:\PY24\lib\sre_parse.py", line 16, in ? import string, sys File "string.py", line 43, in ? pattern = re.compile("bingo") AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'compile'

Raymond

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