On Friday, June 29, 2018 at 10:45:10 AM UTC-4, T Berger wrote: > On Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 1:21:32 AM UTC-4, T Berger wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > > > Thanks for all the suggestions. I found the problem. I had saved my program > > in IDLE and quit out of the shell, and then tried to run the program in > > Terminal. Previously, restarting the shell was enough to break the > > connection with the port. This time, I guess, it wasn't. So after thinking > > about your suggestions, I bypassed IDLE and went directly to Terminal, and > > the program worked. > > > > Tamara > > I have to backtrack on my optimistic pronouncement. I know why I'm getting > "address already in use" error messages, but I don't know how to avoid > getting them. The problem is that I'm working with both IDLE and my Terminal > at the same time. I have to close out of IDLE in some decisive way so that > the connection with the port is cut. Otherwise I will get the error message. > At first, just restarting the shell in IDLE worked. Then I actually had to > close the app (which didn't seem like a flexible option to me). Now, even > quitting out of IDLE doesn't work. So my revised question is: How do I work > with both apps together so these error messages don't keep recurring? > > Thanks, > > Tamara
Addendum I'm using the flask test web address http://127.0.0.1:5000/ for both IDLE and Terminal. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
