Difficulty with "inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation" in file called <string>

[ibloom]

On Feb 11, 9:10 pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <gagsl-... at yahoo.com.ar>
wrote:
> En Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:57:00 -0200, ibloom <ianmbl... at gmail.com> escribió:
>
> > My main problem is, I don't know where to find the file:
> >   File "<string>", line 628
>
> > As in I don't know what code it is refering to by <string> ??
> > It isn't code that I wrote, its something from python or pyObjC
>
> Mmm, didn't you get my previous post? The call is inside the py2app  
> package. Quoting myself:
>
> >> <string>: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation
> >> Traceback (most recent call last):
> >>   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/
> >> python2.4/site-packages/py2app/py2app/util.py", line 13, in
> >> find_version
> >>     ast = compiler.parseFile(fn)
>
> > Put a print statement just above that line, to see which file triggers  
> > the
> > error.
>
> In case it wasn't clear, modify the file  
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packag es/py2app/py2app/util.py,  
> around line 13, in the find_version function, adding this print statement:
>
>      print 'about to compile', fn
>      ast = compiler.parseFile(fn)
>
> The last line printed (in case there are many) should be the offending  
> filename.
>
> Of course you don't have to keep the modified library, this is just to  
> detect which file triggers the error. You should report this to the py2app  
> developers as well.
>
> --
> Gabriel Genellina

You are right, I didn't understand. I'll try it. Thank you.

Ian Bloom