[Python-projects] pylint bug report: 'epylint' fails on Python2.3

[Aurélien Campéas]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 01:47:20PM +0200, A.T.Hofkamp wrote:
> Hello all,

Hello,

> 
> I'd like to report a pylint bug.
> While installing pylint, I noticed the 'epylint' executable. Thinking it has 
> something to do with 'epydoc', I decided to run it with '--help'.
> The script gave an error:
> 
> % python2.3 ~/python/bin/epylint
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/mnt/run/hat/python/bin/epylint", line 6, in ?
>      from subprocess import *
> ImportError: No module named subprocess
> 
> According to the Python Library Reference, subprocess was introduced with 
> Python 2.4, so indeed, it should fail with Python 2.3.
> However the pylint README states: "Pylint should be compatible with any python 
>  >= 2.2."
> 

It should be compatible with python >= 2.3 I believe (but could be
mistaken). Anyway, epylint is an helper for emacs flymake-mode. Normal
pylint usage should not be impaired by this. I'll fill a bug in
nevertheless.

> Albert
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