Python 3.1 simplejson install

[dirknbr]

I am trying to install simplejson on Python 3.1 on Windows. When I do
'python setup.py install' I get 'except DisutilsPlatformError, x:
SyntaxError' with a dash under the comma.

Any ideas?

Dirk

 

[Peter Otten]

I am trying to install simplejson on Python 3.1 on Windows. When I do
'python setup.py install' I get 'except DisutilsPlatformError, x:
SyntaxError' with a dash under the comma.

You are trying to install a package written for Python 2.x on 3.x, and some
of the 2.x Syntax is illegal in Python 3.

I recommend that you use the json module instead that is already included in
the 3.1 distribution, see

http://docs.python.org/3.1/library/json.html

Peter

 

[Chris Rebert]

You are trying to install a package written for Python 2.x on 3.x, and some
of the 2.x Syntax is illegal in Python 3.

To be specific (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3110/):

"the ambiguous
except A, B:
which would mean different things in Python 2.x and 3.x -- leading to
hard-to-catch bugs -- cannot legally occur in 3.x code."

The except statement in your error would be properly written in 3.x as:
except DisutilsPlatformError as x:

Cheers,
Chris