[pypy-dev] Problems getting Translate.py and Pylint to work

[Maciej Fijalkowski]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 8:45 PM, Andrew Francis <andrewfr_ice at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello Colleagues:
>
> I am not sure if this is the right place to ask....
>
> I am trying to get RPython to work. I get the following problem:
>
> [translation:ERROR]     from compiler import parse, ast, pycodegen
> [translation:ERROR]  ImportError: cannot import name parse

You cannot use a compiler package when writing rpython code. I'm not
sure what you're trying to do, but if your goal is to translate
existing python program using rpython toolchain, this will not work
(almost certainly).

>
> I also installed Pylint including the Logilab-astng package. I get the error:
>
> no module called common.compat.
>
> I read a post stating the problem may be with an __init__.py file. I am using Xandros on an ASUS eee (similar to Ubuntu). Any help would be appreciated.

I think it's not the right place to ask (at least i have no clue).