Shelve bug in ActiveState Python? [or Python as Houdini]

2008-04-23 Thread Bob Kline
I'm looking at behavior in ActiveState's Python which looks suspiciously like a bug. I've got a number of steps before I'm ready to file a real bug report (I'm a minor release behind (2.5.1.1), for one thing, so I'll need to test with the latest release, and creating a repro case for this one

Issue Attempting to Import xml.parsers.xmlproc in ActivePython

2008-04-23 Thread Fraser MacKenzie
I am using python2.5 (downloaded and installed about a week ago). I am attempting to validate an XML file, using the appropriate DTD. In looking at the ASPN Cookbook, it appears that I am suppossed to use the following imports: from xml.parsers.xmlproc import xmlproc from xml.parsers.xmlproc imp

Re: Issue Attempting to Import xml.parsers.xmlproc in ActivePython

2008-04-23 Thread Bob Kline
Fraser MacKenzie wrote: > I am using python2.5 (downloaded and installed about a week ago). > > I am attempting to validate an XML file, using the appropriate DTD. > In looking at the ASPN Cookbook, it appears that I am suppossed to use > the following imports: > > from xml.parsers.xmlproc impor

Re: Shelve bug in ActiveState Python? [or Python as Houdini]

2008-04-23 Thread Trent Mick
Bob Kline wrote: > I'm looking at behavior in ActiveState's Python which looks suspiciously > like a bug. I've got a number of steps before I'm ready to file a real > bug report (I'm a minor release behind (2.5.1.1), for one thing, so I'll > need to test with the latest release, and creating a

Re: Shelve bug in ActiveState Python? [or Python as Houdini]

2008-04-23 Thread Trent Mick
Trent Mick wrote: > Does seem supicious. I don't have much experience with shelve, but it > should just crash. Do you have another platform that you can try to > repro on? A repro code snippet would, of course, help a lot. s/should/shouldn't/ Duh, Trent -- Trent Mick trentm at activestate.com

Re: Issue Attempting to Import xml.parsers.xmlproc in ActivePython

2008-04-23 Thread Fraser MacKenzie
I am unfortunately a python novice. I know that I can use PPM to add in perl packages. How can I add modules to ActivePython. Fraser MacKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Bob Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:11:44 To:Fraser MacKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Issue Attempting to Import xml.parsers.xmlproc in ActivePython

2008-04-23 Thread Bob Kline
Fraser MacKenzie wrote: > How can I add modules to ActivePython. > Unfortunately, support for the Active Python equivalent of PPM has been abandoned for quite a while, and the developers' responses to inquiries about when we'll see a replacement facility have been less than optimistic. Here

Re: Issue Attempting to Import xml.parsers.xmlproc in ActivePython

2008-04-23 Thread Fraser MacKenzie
I guess, a question along the same lines, is that I am trying to use the libxml2 and libxlst modules, and they don't seem to be available for ActivePython. Where can I get them to install them (or is it even possible). The reason I need them is to allow for an XML transformation using XSL. Th

Re: Issue Attempting to Import xml.parsers.xmlproc in ActivePython

2008-04-23 Thread Bob Kline
Fraser MacKenzie wrote: > I guess, a question along the same lines, is that I am trying to use the > libxml2 and libxlst modules, and they don't seem to be available for > ActivePython. Where can I get them to install them (or is it even possible). > The reason I need them is to allow for an X