[Python-Dev] Embedded python on Win2K, import failures

[Mark Hammond]

[Harri]
> Hello,
>
> In a few hours old CVS checkout, I'm having problems getting the
> embedded python to work.

This is true even in non-embedded Python.  Move away "_sre.pyd", and the
interactive session shows:

'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
>>> import re
>>> dir(re)
['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', 'engine']

Running with "-v" shows:

'import site' failed; traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "E:\src\python-cvs\lib\site.py", line 298, in ?
    encodings._cache[enc] = encodings._unknown
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '_unknown'

So, my speculation at this point is that for some reason, site.py now
depends on re, which depends on _sre - but somehow a "stale" import is left
hanging around.

Another strange point - executing "python", then typing "import re" is
completely silent, as we have noted.  However, executing "python -c "import
re" dumps an exception:

python -c "import re"
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "E:\src\python-cvs\lib\warnings.py", line 270, in ?
    filterwarnings("ignore", category=OverflowWarning, append=1)
  File "E:\src\python-cvs\lib\warnings.py", line 140, in filterwarnings
    item = (action, re.compile(message, re.I), category,
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'compile'

I'm really not sure what is going on here.  I'd suggest creating a bug at
sf.

Mark.