Nathan <nathaniel.j.b...@gmail.com> added the comment: Thanks for the speedy reply I have cut and past the results from the for following tests
I can't test this on Windows, but you could try the following things: 1) check that 'python.exe -V' returns 2.6.6; 2) try using the IDLE shortcut in the start menu; 3) try "from abc import ABCMeta" from the interactive interpreter; 4) install Python 2.7 and see if it works there. 1) C:\Documents and Settings\buck>python.exe -V Python 2.6.6 2.) Does not open from the start menu 3.) C:\Documents and Settings\buck>python 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback Python 2.6.6 (r266:84297, Aug 24 2010, 18:46:32) [MSCv.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from abc import ABCMeta Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: cannot import name ABCMeta 4.) C:\Python27>python.exe Lib\idlelib\idle.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python27\lib\site.py", line 62, in <module> import os File "C:\Python27\lib\os.py", line 398, in <module> import UserDict File "C:\Python27\lib\UserDict.py", line 83, in <module> import _abcoll File "C:\Python27\lib\_abcoll.py", line 11, in <module> from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod ImportError: cannot import name ABCMeta Lastly C:\Python26>python.exe -c "import abc; print abc" 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback <module 'abc' from 'C:\w\ADCP_programs\abc.py'> Thanks again Nathan ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12094> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com