error while importing os

[Jason Scheirer]

On Feb 15, 12:38 pm, karan <konte... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Iam new to python i see the following when iam in the python shell and
> i try to import os,though i can import the sys and sys.path does
> contain the path to the python binary or the folder where the python
> binaries reside:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "C:\Perf\qa\test\build\vmqa\python\python-2.4.1-as\lib\os.py",
> line 683, in ?
>     import copy_reg as _copy_reg
>   File "C:\Perf\qa\test\build\vmqa\python\python-2.4.1-as\lib
> \copy_reg.py", line 7, in ?
>     from types import ClassType as _ClassType
> ImportError: dynamic module does not define init function (inittypes)
>
> I have the added the path to the Python which contain the python
> binaries,DLLs to the PYTHONPATH.
>
> Let me know what might be the reason for getting this error.
>
> Thanks.

Looks like you have an errant dynamic library -- look for types.pyd on
your pythonpath and make sure the right one is getting imported.