I'm sorry, the 0.9.7beta Mac Python binary for a while contained the
same bug as the sources there, as explained in a previous message to
this list. I have placed a fixed Mac Python there around 30 August,
so if you fetched it before that date you should fetch a fresh copy
and try again. (Note that the new file isn't compacted with stuffit.
I could fix it but I only occasionally have access to a Mac where I
can compile Python these days...)
>Also, is there any doc that describes what modules
>are compiled into Python 0.9.7 for the Mac?
Not really -- there probably should be... Here's an excerpt from the
config file I used:
#define STDWIN 1
[...]
/* Standard modules */
{"time", inittime},
{"math", initmath},
{"regex", initregex},
/* Mac-specific modules */
{"mac", initmac},
#ifdef USE_STDWIN
{"stdwin", initstdwin},
#endif
{"marshal", initmarshal},
Note that the modules 'sys' and 'builtin' as well as '__main__' are
always present (see the Library reference manual for a description of
these).
BTW, for documented modules it is of course trivial to test whether
they exist or not:
try:
import foo
print 'foo exists'
except ImportError:
print 'foo does not exist'
--Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam <guido@cwi.nl>
"The lawnmower. Surely such a gadget could not have been generated
independently in two separate areas."