Kim Oldfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some further replies which don't appear to have been copied to you. > > Regards, > Kim
dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd prefer to write this as > > try : > import filecmp as cmp > except ImportError : > import cmp > > It is more pythonic to just try to do what it is you want, and handle > the situation when it fails, than it is do try and figure out what is > write and do only that which works. > > | ] The package currently depends on python1.5. What should it depend on > | ] when fixed? > | > | python > > This must be versioned though. > python >= (2.1) , python << (2.2) > will get you the current default version. Andrew Bennetts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 06:51:44AM -0500, dman wrote: > > I'd prefer to write this as > > > > try : > > import filecmp as cmp > > except ImportError : > > import cmp > > > > It is more pythonic to just try to do what it is you want, and handle > > the situation when it fails, than it is do try and figure out what is > > write and do only that which works. > > Except that in this case, versions of python before 2.0 will give a > SyntaxError, because "import spam as eggs" is a new feature as of 2.0. > > To be backwards compatible, use: > > try: > import filecmp > cmp = filecmp > del filecmp > except ImportError: > import cmp > > -Andrew. Thanks guys! I'll try the above in the next few days, and I'll come back if I have more questions. Many thanks! Peter
