[Pythonmac-SIG] Python 2.3+Py23Compat/Python 2.4 compatibility problem

[Bob Ippolito]

On May 4, 2005, at 3:21 PM, has wrote:

> Probably one for Bob, but there's an unpleasant disagreement  
> between Py23Compat and Python 2.4 on where the LaunchServices, OSA,  
> and other new 2.4 modules are located: the former installs them in  
> individual directories of the same name under site-packages, the  
> later keeps them at the top level of plat-mac/Carbon. This means  
> scripts written on Python 2.3 break on 2.4 and vice-versa when  
> importing any of these modules. What's the fix?

This is not a bug, you need to write your code such that it  
accommodates for both:

try:
     from LaunchServices import Launch, LaunchServices
except ImportError:
     from Carbon import Launch, LaunchServices

-bob