syntax-error with new Python 2.1 and pyFTPd.py and pyFTPdrop.py

[Fredrik Lundh]

Georg Lohrer wrote:
> I've just compiled and run the new python 2.1 version successfully.
> But using the pyFTPd.py and pyFTPdrop.py scripts the same syntax-error
> will be raised in socket.py:
>
>  import sys, socket, string, os, os.path, time, fnmatch, types
>    File "/home/gelo/lib/python2.1/socket.py", line 251
>        total += len(line)
>               ^
> I've tried several ways to cast out the failure, but it doesn't want
> to go. So, has anybody at moment have any experiences with this fault?
> Or does anybody know a way to eliminate it?

I strongly doubt Python said "I've tried several ways to cast out
the failure" ;-)

are you sure you didn't get a SyntaxError or some kind of warning?

Cheers /F

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