Thanks to sheer stubbornness I solved that problem. Turns out the protobuf-2.4.1 was the problem as python's 'from x.y.z import ma'am did not like dots embedded in a directory name.
I found a combination that produced a _pb2.py file. After that I found it easier to use the default directory structure by moving the example scripts and pb2 to the python directory immediately under my \protobuf\protobuf-2.4.1. This let all the various import statements wok properly as their heirarchy starting with google.protobuf fell nicely under python I also had to put descriptor_pb2.py created by setup.py (that at least worked when all the other stuff I was trying didn't ) in that same python directory. At that point the examples ran! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en.
