[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-1166627 ] Makepy do not work for python-2.4.1c2

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Bugs item #1166627, was opened at 2005-03-20 07:30
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Category: com
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Wont Fix
Priority: 8
Submitted By: Boris Nazaroff (bor-ka)
Assigned to: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Summary: Makepy do not work for python-2.4.1c2

Initial Comment:
I've tried to install  python-2.4.1c2 and pywin32 -
(build 203 for 2.4). And when trying to use makepy on
MSXML-4 or MSXML-3 it just bailed out with syntax error
somewhere in the generated py-file. (Moreover, i've
tried com tests - many of them have failed). 

Also I've tried latest CVS snapshot as of 10:00 (GMT+3)
19-Mar, have built it with MSVS 7.1 - no luck. 

I cannot decide if this is related to the "long code"
bug, since (1) python do not crash, it just report
syntax error and (2) this "long code" appears to be
fixed at this moment. So I desided to add this issue as
a new bug.

Unfortunately I cannot check it with python 2.4 now,
I'll report on this later. (Since latest ActiveState
Python build works fine for me with python 2.4, and, as
I think with pywin January snapshot - there were some
pathches for overflows in the generation).

I'll attach generated gen-py file and the error
message, may be it'll help.

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>Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2006-04-02 08:53

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This was a bug in Python, and works fine in Python 2.4.2 and
later.

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Comment By: James Kew (jkew)
Date: 2005-04-07 05:26

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I think I might be experiencing the same bug: on ActiveState 
Python 2.4.1, and iTunes 4.7.1, running

import win32com.client
win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch
("iTunes.Application")

throws a syntax error:

"C:\DOCUME~1\James\LOCALS~1\Temp\gen_py\2.4
\9E93C96F-CF0D-43F6-8BA8-B807A3370712x0x1x2
\IiTunes.py", line 232
    "CurrentVisual": (1610743851, 2, (9, 0), 
(), "CurrentVisual", '{340F3315-ED72-4C09-9ACF-
21EB4BDF9931}'),
		"EQEnabled": (1610743853, 2, (11, 0), 
(), "EQEnabled", None),
                                                                                          
                  ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax


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Comment By: janez jere (janezj)
Date: 2005-04-01 18:32

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it must be a python bug, because a single space = ' ' fixes
the code and python proceeds.

Example: if error is reported on "ret = ..." line bellow,
just add one single space at the end of the line before
error: in this case at the end def clone....):--> <--

	# Result is of type IXMLDOMNode
	def cloneNode(self, deep=defaultNamedNotOptArg):
		ret = self._oleobj_.InvokeTypes(19, LCID, 1, (9, 0), ((11,
1),),deep 
			)


In all cases an extra space before error is good workaround


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Comment By: Boris Nazaroff (bor-ka)
Date: 2005-03-31 22:16

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2.4.1 is out and still the same story :-(

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Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2005-03-21 23:27

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I can repro this - thanks!  See http://www.python.org/sf/1163244

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Comment By: Boris Nazaroff (bor-ka)
Date: 2005-03-21 20:03

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Ok, I've tried it on python 2.4 and 2.4.1c2. Generated
{CLSID}.py file on 2.4.1c2.

2.4 imports it Ok
2.4.1c2  reports error in this module

I do not know Python enough ot decide if this is a bug in
2.4.1c2 (or in 2.4 contrary, that parsed errorneous file Ok
instead of producing an error). If this is a bug in 2.4.1c2,
should it be reported to python project?

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Comment By: Boris Nazaroff (bor-ka)
Date: 2005-03-21 04:07

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It appears that it 'errs' in random place, at least I have
tried several COMs and haven't succeeded in finding a
patter, except that it always in the comment after some
function.
 
I'll try to reproduce it on another computer at work.

May be it is 2.4.1 that is broken...

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Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2005-03-20 21:28

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That is a very strange error - I can see no problem with the
generated file, and the error in the traceback is clearly
referencing a 'return' in a comment.  I've never seen
anything like it :)

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