Re: [Jython-dev] my posts to jython-users@lists.sourceforge.net are showing up

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[Updike, Clark]

>I've submitted the post below twice to jyt...@li...
>(last night and again just now) and it doesn't show up.  Also, I'm not
>getting a bounced email either.  What up?

I've noticed that the SF mail lists are very slow at the moment.

>TIA,
>Clark (please reply to mailto:cla...@jh...)
>
>p.s.  Barry, I worked with your bro Craig at C1 until I left in September.
>
>Subject:  2.1b2 PyServlet.loadServlet 'invalid syntax'   
>Sent:  12/22/2001 10:28 AM 
> Importance:  Normal   
>I'm trying to run the Hello.py servlet example but I get the exception from
>PyServlet.loadServlet() shown below.  The strange thing is that I can
>execute the statement execfile('C:\\Program Files\\Apache Tomcat
>4.0\\webapps\\JythonServlet\\Hello.py') from the interactive interpreter
>without getting the 'invalid syntax' problem (which I think shows that the
>path is valid). 

I agree. That was a good test.

>Anyone have any ideas?
>
>TIA, 
>Clark 
>
>javax.servlet.ServletException: Could not create Jython servletTraceback
>(innermost last): 
>  (no code object) at line 0 
>SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('C:\\Program Files\\Apache Tomcat
>4.0\\webapps\\JythonServlet\\Hello.py', 3, 9, '        class
>Hello(javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet):'))

I notice the spaces (or tabs) before the class statement in the error
message. Does the source file have any whitespace there? It mostly
likely shouldn't have any.

regards,
finn