Python 3.1 simplejson install

[Peter Otten]

dirknbr wrote:

> I am trying to install simplejson on Python 3.1 on Windows. When I do
> 'python setup.py install' I get 'except DisutilsPlatformError, x:
> SyntaxError' with a dash under the comma.

You are trying to install a package written for Python 2.x on 3.x, and some 
of the 2.x Syntax is illegal in Python 3.

I recommend that you use the json module instead that is already included in 
the 3.1 distribution, see

http://docs.python.org/3.1/library/json.html

Peter