[IPython-dev] Critical: For now IPython requires Python 2.5 - we need to fix this

[MinRK]

I just did a test install in 2.4, and it works fine.  It throws SyntaxErrors
during setup, but the install still completes and regular IPython works
fine.  I get the SyntaxErrors again (in kernel.config) if I try to import
kernel.client, but it's certainly not a widespread problem.  Only
kernel/config and kernel/contexts seem to have the issue, which should be
easy to remedy.

-MinRK

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:

> Fernando Perez wrote:
>
> > I think we'll have to be OK with 2.4 as a dependency for versions >=
> > 0.9, but 2.5 is definitely a little harsh.  I *really* want those cool
> > context managers in there, the idea is too cool not to put it  in.
>
> You can define the context managers all you like as long as you don't use
> them
> in the library code itself. As far as I can tell, the only place you
> actually
> use a with statement is in the demo code at the bottom of context.py which,
> as
> noted in the comments, really ought to be moved into a real test suite.
>
> > But we need them to be optional.  The trick is to exclude them from
> > the build process if the  setup.py file is processed with python2.4,
> > since they simply won't compile at all (the with statement is a syntax
> > error).
>
> I have seen this give warnings, but I don't think it stops the build,
> usually.
>
> --
> Robert Kern
>
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> enigma
>  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it
> had
>  an underlying truth."
>   -- Umberto Eco
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