> 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.
You'll find that many people will be very skeptical wrt. this story: this kind of thing really isn't supposed to happen, and it's difficult to believe that it failed just because of the one-character change. You already said that that the change was adding a minus sign somewhere. Can you now kindly also report what then the problem was that your partner encountered (specific error message would be appreciated). > 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. It's a lot of manual labor only the first time. When you package the next version of the same software, manual labor should be minimal. Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list