[Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython 2.1a3 also available for classic PPC

[Jack Jansen]

Recently, Russell E Owen <owen@astro.washington.edu> said:
> I am a bit surprised to have three similar files:
> - PythonInterpreter
> - PythonInterpreterCarbon
> - PythonInterpreterClassic
> all in the main python folder.

Yes, it's a bit of a nuisance. PythonInterpreter is a copy of either
of the other two (ConfigurePythonXXX does the copying).

I could probably try hiding the the other two, by giving them a
different extension and putting them in a different place, although
I'm not quite sure about what would be a good place. Any ideas?


> I still can't get Tkinter to load. It is recognized as a module, but 
> _tkinter is not found (shades of the past):
> 
> >>>  import Tkinter
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>    File "russmain:python 2.1a3:lib:lib-tk:Tkinter.py", line 35, in ?
>      import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
> ImportError: No module named _tkinter

Yep, Tkinter is not supported for Carbon. This is the main reason for
doing the dual-install. Shoul I add a dummy module _tkinter that gives 
a better error message? (ImportError: _tkinter not supported under
Carbon)

> I looked through my Python 2.1a3 folder and found two different files 
> called _tkinter.ppc.slb:
> :Mac:PlugIns:_tkinter.ppc.slb 1.6Mb last modified 2/28/01
> :Extensions:Imaging:PIL:_tkinter.ppc.slb 1.2Mb last modified 1/11/00

Oops. The PlugIns one is indeed the right one, I'll get rid of the
other one. That also shaves another megabyte or so off the distribution:-)
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