Dear List, Maybe someone could help out with this mysterious bug..
starting a python program in a directory named "python", makes the importation of modules sometimes impossible with cryptic error messages.. sam...@linux-912g:~> mkdir paska2 sam...@linux-912g:~> sam...@linux-912g:~> echo "import scipy" > paska2/testi.py sam...@linux-912g:~> sam...@linux-912g:~> export PYTHONPATH= sam...@linux-912g:~> sam...@linux-912g:~> python paska2/testi.py sam...@linux-912g:~> sam...@linux-912g:~> echo "import scipy" > python/testi.py sam...@linux-912g:~> sam...@linux-912g:~> python python/testi.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "python/testi.py", line 1, in <module> import scipy File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/scipy/__init__.py", line 18, in <module> from numpy import oldnumeric File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/numpy/oldnumeric/__init__.py", line 14, in <module> from compat import * File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/numpy/oldnumeric/compat.py", line 97, in <module> import pickle, copy File "/usr/lib/python2.6/pickle.py", line 171, in <module> class Pickler: File "/usr/lib/python2.6/pickle.py", line 250, in Pickler def put(self, i, pack=struct.pack): AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'pack' ----------- => If I start the program in directory "paska2", everythings OK, but if the directory name happens to be "python", the importation of the modules goes nuts! Very Weird. Kind Regards, Sampsa -------------- "Niin tärkeä ihmisoikeus kuin sanavapaus onkin, täytyy harkita ja punnita kommentteja, kommentoi asiaa Sananvapausjärjestö Suomen Penin varapuheenjohtaja Jarkko Tontti Uudelle Suomelle." (Uusi Suomi, 25.8.2009) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list