Possible problem in compiler/transformer.py of Python2.4...

[Fredrik Lundh]

venkatbo at yahoo.com wrote:

> What is surprising is I checkd the entire py2.4 distribution and I
> can't see a symbol.py (or a module with symbol defined) where
> transformer.py could import the symbol module form. All I can see
> is:
>      ...../lib/python2.4/compiler/symbols.py
> in the same directory as that of transformer.py (in compiler).
> 
> Has anyone seen this error, or have any pointers to solve the problem.

looks like your installation is botched.

 > dir \python24\lib\compiler\symbols.py

2005-10-28  20:15            15 059 symbols.py

$ cd /usr/local/lib/python2.4/compiler
$ ls -l symbols.py
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        14591 Aug 11  2005 symbols.py

(the former is 2.4.3 on windows, the latter 2.4.1 on unix)

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