My python interpreter became mad !

[John Machin]

Furkan Kuru incorrigibly top-posted:
> Ok, you're right.
>  
> but I did not give it a chance "not trying python interpreter in another 
> directory"

I don't understand that sentence.


> so if we assume the problem exists in every directory, it has something 
> to do with  pythonpath.

Why would/should we assume that?


> you can try setting pythonpath to some directory and put a re.py there 
> and try from any directory starting your interpreter and importing re.

and achieve the same result: importing the bogus re. What's your point?

> 
> 
>  
> On 3/25/08, *John Machin* <sjmachin at lexicon.net 
> <mailto:sjmachin at lexicon.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Furkan Kuru top-posted:
>      > Most probably X-Spam added itself to your path.
> 
>     What is "X-Spam"? Added itself to Benjamin's path [not mine] in such a
>     fashion that it is invoked when one does "import re"?
> 
>      > you should look at your PATH and PYTHONPATH environment variables.
> 
>     Most *IM*probably. Read the traceback:
>     """
>      >      >    File "/etc/postfix/re.py", line 19, in ?
>      >      >      m = re.match('(Spam)', mail)
>      >      > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'match'
>     """
> 
>     This is a classic case of a script (which does not guard against side
>     effects (like spewing out gibberish) when imported instead of being
>     executed) being given the same name as a Python-included module and
>     being executed in the current directory and hence ends up importing
>     itself.
> 
>      >
>      > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:40 PM, John Machin
>     <sjmachin at lexicon.net <mailto:sjmachin at lexicon.net>
>      > <mailto:sjmachin at lexicon.net <mailto:sjmachin at lexicon.net>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     On Mar 25, 10:05 pm, Benjamin Watine <wat... at cines.fr
>     <mailto:wat... at cines.fr>
>      >     <mailto:wat... at cines.fr <mailto:wat... at cines.fr>>> wrote:
>      >      > Yes, my python interpreter seems to became mad ; or may be
>     it's
>      >     me ! :)
>      >      >
>      >      > I'm trying to use re module to match text with regular
>      >     expression. In a
>      >      > first time, all works right. But since yesterday, I have a
>     very
>      >     strange
>      >      > behaviour :
>      >      >
>      >      > $ python2.4
>      >      > Python 2.4.4 (#2, Apr  5 2007, 20:11:18)
>      >      > [GCC 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)] on linux2
>      >      > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
>      >     information.
>      >      >  >>> import re
>      >      > X-Spam-Flag: YES
> 
>     [snip]
> 
>      >      > Traceback (most recent call last):
>      >      >    File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>      >      >    File "/etc/postfix/re.py", line 19, in ?
>      >      >      m = re.match('(Spam)', mail)
>      >      > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'match'
>      >      >  >>>
>      >      >
>      >      > What's the hell ?? I'm just importing the re module.
>      >
>      >     No you're not importing *the* re module. You're importing *an* re
>      >     module, the first one that is found. In this case: your own
>     re.py.
>      >     Rename it.
>      >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Furkan Kuru