On 8/5/2010 7:45 PM, geremy condra wrote:
On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 6:50 PM, W. eWatson<wolftra...@invalid.com> wrote:
In my on-again-off-again experience with Python for 18 months, portability
seems an issue.
As an example, my inexperienced Python partner 30 miles away has gotten out
of step somehow. I think by installing a different version of numpy than I
use. I gave him a program we both use months ago, and he had no trouble. (We
both use IDLE on 2.5). I made a one character change to it and sent him the
new py file. He can't execute it. I doubt he has changed anything in the
intervening period.
Portability doesn't mean you can use different versions of your
dependencies and be A-OK. It should be fairly obvious that if the
behavior of your dependencies changes, your code needs to change to
ensure that it demonstrates the same behavior. Portability also
doesn't mean that any given one-character change is valid, so that may
be your issue as well.
A further example. Months ago I decided to see if I could compile a program
to avoid such problems as above. I planned to satisfy that need, and see if
I could distribute some simple programs to non-Python friends. I pretty well
understand the idea,and got it working with a small program. It seemed like
a lot of manual labor to do it.
What, why were you compiling a program? And why not just use distutils?
Geremy Condra
I checked the one char change on my system thoroughly. I looked around
on some forums and NGs 4 months ago, and found no one even had a simple
"compiled program" available to even demonstrate some simple example.
I would think there are some small time and big time Python players who
sell executable versions of their programs for profit?
disutils. Sounds familiar. I'm pretty sure I was using Py2Exe, and
disutils might have been part of it.
So how does one keep a non-Python user in lock step with my setup, so
these problems don't arise? I don't even want to think about having him
uninstall and re-install. :-) Although maybe he could do it without
making matters worse.
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