Re: [Jython-users] Problems with xmllib

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[L. Humbert]

>ok I'm working on Linux and on MacOS.
>I installed the latest jython 2.0a3 on both machines:
>
>Linux:
>Jython 2.0alpha3 on java1.2.2 (JIT: sunwjit) 
>MacOS:
>Jython 2.0alpha3 on java1.1.8 (JIT: MRJ22Jitc.01)
>
>A little project in training the presentation of some 
>xml-data which describe the layout of computer-infrastructure at work 
>(the first steps were done with Python2.0). My students didn't have the
>time to implement, so I gave it a try on jython:
>xmllib is part of the actual jython-distribution.
>
>Here begins my problem:
>on my linux-machine everything works fine.
>
>But after shifting the runable-source-code to the Mac I get some strange
>errors.
>After I found out that most of them could be eliminated, because I
>did'nt set the path in the right way,
>one serious error is still remaining:
>
>Error around line 505 of xmllib.py
>Ok, I gave it a try
>pure
>xmllib --> jython 2.0a3
>invalid syntax, line 508
>ok I decided to import xmllib at the command line
>sre_parse.py line 504
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Jython 2.0alpha3 on java1.1.8 (JIT: MRJ22Jitc.01)
>Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> import xmllib
>Traceback (innermost last):
>  File "<console>", line 1, in ?
>  File "/brecht/Systemordner/Preferences/jython-2.0a3/Lib/xmllib.py",
>line 5, in ?
>  File "/brecht/Systemordner/Preferences/jython-2.0a3/Lib/re.py", line
>28, in ?
>  File "/brecht/Systemordner/Preferences/jython-2.0a3/Lib/sre.py", line
>20, in ?
>  File "/brecht/Systemordner/Preferences/jython-2.0a3/Lib/sre_parse.py",
>line 504
>SyntaxError: inconsistent dedent
>>>> 
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>As workaround, I set the sys.path so, that the Python2.0 Libs where
>used.
>The same effect appears.
>
>Perhaps there is someone out there, who is able to check it on a Mac,
>too.
>
>The problems doesn't arrive on my Linux-System.

I strongly suspect that there is a bug in the JVM for mac. Previously we
have seen other problems with the MRJ22 jvm:

  http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/7018/2000/10/0/4557089/

If anyone have a workaround for these problems, I would dearly love to
include it. Unfortunately I don't have a neither a Mac nor any knowledge
on how to use it.

regards,
finn