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Gregory (Grisha) Trubetskoy
grisha at verio.net
Tue Mar 27 16:00:45 EST 2001
Try the mod_python 2.7.2 DLL and see if the problems persist Grisha On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Chris Hagner wrote: > A specific question about why PythonImport works for some modules and not > for others. > > 1. The following statement works. It compiles/imports apache.py at server > startup. > > PythonImport mod_python.apache > > 2. Now, when I create a dummy module in mod_python/MyObject.py > > def myFunction(): > return "MyObject.myFunction()" > > class MyObject: > > def __init__(self): > pass > > The following statement does not work. > > PythonImport mod_pytnon.MyObject > > Here's the error in error.log > [Tue Mar 27 13:07:56 2001] [error] directive_PythonImport: error import > mod_python.MyObject > TypeError: must assign list (not "string") to slice > > Any help on this error msg? > > BTW, the first error line appears at start up... second appears upon > immediate shutdown... probably just a buffer thing, but I thought I'd share. > > 3. I also tried import a base module which worked fine. > > PythonImport string > > 4. But when I created a copy of string.py and simply renamed it, it didn't > work. > > PythonImport copyofstring > > Any thoughts on why mod_python appears to like some modules and not others? > > Thanks in advance. > > Chris > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Hagner [mailto:CHagner at fool.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 12:07 PM > To: 'Gregory (Grisha) Trubetskoy' > Cc: 'mod_python at modpython.org' > Subject: RE: [mod_python] PythonImport failure > > > Thanks for the response. For my tests, mypackage is a package named > 'toolkit' and the mymodule is a module named 'brandconfig'. > > Oh yeah, I'm doing this on Apache/1.3.19 (Win32) mod_python/2.7.1 > Python/2.0. I'm on Win2K (for development, sigh). > > INTERACTIVE SESSION TEST: > ****************************** > > Here's my python interactive session... the module only contains a single > variable x. > > >>> import toolkit.brandconfig > >>> dir(toolkit.brandconfig) > ['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', 'x'] > >>> toolkit.brandconfig.x > 123 > >>> > > So, the module is importable in my python environment. > > > APACHE PYTHONIMPORT TEST: > ****************************** > > Just to be sure, I ran the apache test again. Here's the httpd.conf entry. > Nothing shocking. > > <Directory "D:/site/brand1/htdocs"> > AddHandler python-program .py > PythonHandler toolkit.publisher > PythonDebug on > PythonImport toolkit.brandconfig > </Directory> > > Here's the response in the log upon starting apache. > > [Thu Mar 15 11:39:10 2001] [error] directive_PythonImport: error > importing toolkit.brandconfig > > Same as before. Now, just to be sure, I blew away the brandconfig.py file > (and the .pyc) so that it shouldn't even find it (just to see if I could get > a different error if it didn't even exist). Result: No change. Same error > in error.log. Apparently, it's not even finding it. > > APACHE PYTHON SCRIPT TEST: > ****************************** > > So, it wasn't importing it on start up. How about a python script in > mod_python? > > Here's the code blurb... > > import foolkit.brandconfig > out_string = "foolkit.brandconfig.x: %s \n"% foolkit.brandconfig.x > > Did it work? yup, the page displayed > > foolkit.brandconfig.x: 123 > > > > Yes, I have read through the documentation and my need is to initialize a > number of objects (i.e. dbconn pool) for use throughout my applications. > Now, I am using a custom handler, so I could simply have the handler do this > initialization the first time it runs, but the PythonImport appeared to be a > code-free way to achieve this goal. Do you all think this is a case where I > *really* need it? If not, could someone share an example of when it really > deserves to be used? > > Thanks again for the help. > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gregory (Grisha) Trubetskoy [mailto:grisha at verio.net] > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 11:26 AM > To: Chris Hagner > Cc: 'mod_python at modpython.org' > Subject: Re: [mod_python] PythonImport failure > > > > Chris - > > Have you tried > > >>> import mypackage.mymodule > > from an interactive Python session? > > Also, regarding PythonPath - if you read documentation carefully, you'll > notice that it says that no other directives have any effect at the time > PythonImport is executed. > > Generally, you should not use PythonImport unless you *really* need it, > which is almost never the case. > > Grisha > > > On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Chris Hagner wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > I'm trying to get the PythonImport command to work. Been through the > > documentation, but it appears to want more than simply inserting > > > > PythonImport mypackage.mymodule > > > > within my Directory tags in httd.conf. > > > > While mypackage.mymodule is under the standard python lib directory > > (therefore should be found through the sys.path), the system spat out the > > following... > > > > ...[error] directive_PythonImport: error importing mypackage.mymodule > > > > I then moved the module to a different directory and appended that > directory > > to the sys.path using the PythonPath command (just to see if that allowed > it > > to find the module). No luck. > > > > I've found a handful of posts from June and August of last year, but no > > posted solutions to getting the PythonImport command to work correctly. > Of > > course, there's a CVS commit with the comment "PythonImport works now" so > > I'm pretty sure it's me... > > > > As a random test, I tried a standard module... > > > > PythonImport sys > > > > which appeared to work (no error msg), but I'm not really confident that > > this was a meaningful test. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Chris > > chagner _at_ fool _dot_ com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mod_python mailing list > > Mod_python at modpython.org > > http://www.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python > > > _______________________________________________ > Mod_python mailing list > Mod_python at modpython.org > http://www.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python > _______________________________________________ > Mod_python mailing list > Mod_python at modpython.org > http://www.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python >
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