[Python-Dev] Re: Python 0.9.1

[Dan Stromberg]

On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 9:39 PM David Mertz <mertz at gnosis.cx> wrote:

> As Skip pointed out to me privately, there are some minor limitations with
> this version.  E.g.:
>
> % python
> >>> import glob
> >>> import sys
> >>> print 'hello'
> hello
> >>> print 2+2
> 4
> >>> print 2*2
> Unhandled exception: run-time error: integer overflow
> Stack backtrace (innermost last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1
>

Huh.  I wonder what's different about my build:
$ /usr/local/cpython-0.9/bin/python
below cmd output started 2021 Thu Feb 18 10:24:00 PM PST
>>> 2*2
4
>>> print 2*2
4
>>>

You can download a script to build it and a bunch of other python versions
at https://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~strombrg/cpythons/
It includes all the tarballs you should need, at least for Debian. I
believe I used it on CentOS recently as well.  I haven't tried it on Ubuntu
in a while.
It depends on https://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~strombrg/cobble.html - and
I'd like to think that's its only external dependency.

HTH