[Python-Dev] [Zope-dev] Syntax error in python2.6

Tino Wildenhain tino at wildenhain.de
Mon Jul 21 13:27:55 CEST 2008


Bristow Thankachan wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> During the porting of Zope2 to Python2.6, I am stuck with a syntax error 
> in the module AccessControl, which is given below.
> 
> def reorder(s, with=None, without=()):
>                            ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> 
> in line 56 of /home/zope/ztrunk26/lib/python/RestrictedPython/Utilities.py.
> The same code when run in python2.4 and python2.5 didn't give any syntax 
> errors. Can anybody suggest  the reason for this syntax error in python2.6.

I'd say, "with" is now a keyword.

http://docs.python.org/ref/keywords.html

btw, shouldn't this already give a warning in 2.5?

Cheers
Tino
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