Prob. Code Downloaded for Programming the Semantic Web (python code)

[Bruce Whealton]

On Monday, July 28, 2014 11:28:40 AM UTC-4, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2014 03:39:48 -0700, Bruce Whealton wrote:
Stephen,
    I went to my Ubuntu box inside vmware and added a #!/usr/bin/env python2.7 to the top.  Then I made the file executable and it ran the code perfectly. 

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> First step is to confirm that Eclipse actually is using Python 2.7. Can 
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> you get it to run this code instead? Put this in a module, and then run 
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> it:
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> import sys
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> print(sys.version)
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I had both python2.7 and python3.4.  I could be less specific with my shebang line but what the heck.  
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I then installed pydev into my eclipse environment within the Ubuntu virtual machine and it ran the program just fine.  So, I suspect the extra character was 
only an issue on Windows.  I thought I had it setup to show even hidden characters.  
Anyway, thanks so much for all the help...everyone.  It might be interesting for me to convert this to a module that runs with python 3.
Bruce 
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> > It just
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> > says invalid syntax and points at the parentheses that are in the
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> > function definition def add(self, (subj, pred, obj)):
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> > So, from what you said, and others, it seems like this should have
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> > worked but eclipse would not run it.  I could try to load it into IDLE.
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> Whenever you have trouble with one IDE, it's good to get a second opinion 
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> in another IDE. They might both be buggy, but they're unlikely to both 
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> have the same bug.
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> Also, try to run the file directly from the shell, without an IDE. from 
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> the system shell (cmd.exe if using Windows, bash or equivalent for 
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> Linux), run:
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> python27 /path/to/yourfile.py
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> You'll obviously need to adjust the pathname, possibly even give the full 
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> path to the Python executable.
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> [...]
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> >> In Python 3, that functionality was dropped and is no longer allowed.
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> >> Now you have to use the longer form.
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> > I'm not sure I follow what the longer method is.  Can you explain that
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> > more, please.
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> I referred to the parenthesised parameter version as a short cut for a 
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> method that takes a single argument, then manually expands that argument 
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> into three items. Let me show them together to make it more obvious:
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> # Unparenthesised version, with manual step.
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> def add(self, sub_pred_obj):
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>     sub, pred, obj = sub_pred_obj
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>     do_stuff_with(sub or pred or obj)
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> # Parenthesised shortcut.
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> def add(self, (sub, pred, obj)):
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>     do_stuff_with(sub or pred or obj)
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> Both methods take a single argument, which must be a sequence of exactly 
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> three values. The second version saves a single line, hence the first 
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> version is longer :-)
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> -- 
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> Steven