[Python-Dev] should I really have to install Python before I can build it ?

[Fredrik Lundh]

looks like you need to have a recent Python version installed
to be able to build the current trunk:

./Parser/asdl_c.py -h ./Include -c ./Python ./Parser/Python.asdl
./Parser/asdl_c.py:150: SyntaxWarning: local name 'self' in 'sum_with_constructors' shadows use of 'self' as global in nested scope
'emit'
  def sum_with_constructors(self, sum, name, depth):
./Parser/asdl_c.py:263: SyntaxWarning: local name 'self' in 'emit_function' shadows use of 'self' as global in nested scope 'emit'
  def emit_function(self, name, ctype, args, attrs, union=1):
./Parser/asdl_c.py:296: SyntaxWarning: local name 'self' in 'emit_body_union' shadows use of 'self' as global in nested scope 'emit'
  def emit_body_union(self, name, args, attrs):
./Parser/asdl_c.py:305: SyntaxWarning: local name 'self' in 'emit_body_struct' shadows use of 'self' as global in nested scope
'emit'
  def emit_body_struct(self, name, args, attrs):
./Parser/asdl_c.py:444: SyntaxWarning: local name 'self' in 'visitField' shadows use of 'self' as global in nested scope 'emit'
  def visitField(self, field, name, depth, product):
./Parser/asdl_c.py:444: SyntaxWarning: local name 'depth' in 'visitField' shadows use of 'depth' as global in nested scope 'emit'
  def visitField(self, field, name, depth, product):
./Parser/asdl_c.py:605: SyntaxWarning: local name 'self' in 'visitField' shadows use of 'self' as global in nested scope 'emit'
  def visitField(self, field, name, depth, product):
./Parser/asdl_c.py:605: SyntaxWarning: local name 'depth' in 'visitField' shadows use of 'depth' as global in nested scope 'emit'
  def visitField(self, field, name, depth, product):
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./Parser/asdl_c.py", line 9, in ?
    import asdl
  File "./Parser/asdl.py", line 53, in ?
    class ASDLScanner(spark.GenericScanner, object):
NameError: name 'object' is not defined
make: *** [Include/Python-ast.h] Error 1

(this machine has Python 2.1)

any reason why the C files are not checked into subversion ?

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