hi, it's off-topic but if you are using centos 5 you can setup the epel repository and install python2.6 from there.
On Jul 7, 5:22 pm, Fred Ludlow <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Anand, > > Yeah you're right, another submodule would be overkill for this. I've added > classes for 401, 403, 406, 409 and 412 - I'll just check it works on a > proper server before sending the pull request... > > I ran into another 2.4 incompatibility when trying to install my version - > in application.py the SUFFIX variable is set with a ternary expression: > > SUFFIX = '$py.class' if sys.platform.startswith('java') else '.pyc' > > which wasn't introduced till 2.5. I'll send a pull request that fixes it for > ye-olde-python too. > > Fred > > On 7 July 2011 13:56, Anand Chitipothu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Fred, > > > Thanks for reporting the issue. I'll added a github issue for this. > > >https://github.com/webpy/webpy/issues/81 > > > I think right way to fix it to write those extra classes manually. I > > don't think we should add a python24.py. > > > Can you implement that and send a pull request? > > > Anand > > > 2011/7/7 Fred Ludlow <[email protected]>: > > > Hi all, > > > > I've been using web.py to make a RESTful JSON API for some web > > applications > > > I'm working on. So far it's been great, very nice intuitive API and > > doesn't > > > take much code to do what you want. > > > > I've come across a small bug with web.py on python 2.4 (which is what I'm > > > stuck with for the forseeable future). > > > > The following works fine: > > > > class Handler1(object): > > > def GET(): > > > raise web.Redirect('/someotherurl') > > > > but this: > > > > class Handler2(object): > > > def GET(): > > > raise web.Forbidden() > > > > fails with the message: > > > > TypeError: exceptions must be classes, instances, or strings > > (deprecated), > > > not Forbidden > > > > I'm pretty sure this is because in python 2.4 the Exception class is a > > > classic-style class, rather than a new-style class and Python 2.4 won't > > let > > > you raise a new-style class instance. Looking in web.webapi, some of the > > > status codes (Redirect, Found, SeeOther, Gone) are defined using the > > class > > > statement which gies you a classic-style class, and others (Forbidden, > > OK, > > > Created) are generated dynamically using type(name, bases, dict), which > > > gives a new-style class. > > > > I know I can just return an instance of web.Forbidden rather than raising > > > it, but this gets complicated once your GET function starts calling any > > > other methods (you have to check what they return, or use some kind of > > proxy > > > Exception class). I'm also using the handy mimerender package to decorate > > my > > > GETs, PUTs etc, and that expects GET to return a very specific type of > > > object (dict with something stored in 'message'), besides, conceptually, > > > raising an exception makes the most sense here. > > > > One way of fixing this would be to define the Forbidden class using the > > > class statement, but that involves some extra manual class definitions in > > > web.webapi, just to fix it for an old version of python. Perhaps a > > > web.python24 submodule that only gets imported if running 2.4 and > > overwrites > > > web.Forbidden, etc with classic-style classes might be the best way to do > > > it? If this sounds sensible I'd be happy to write it, or is there a > > better > > > way round the problem? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Fred > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "web.py" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/webpy?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "web.py" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/webpy?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web.py" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/webpy?hl=en.
