I need feedparser (se http://www.feedparser.org) for a project, and want to keep third party modules in a separate folder. I did this by adding a folder to my python path, and putting relevant modules there, among them feedparser.
This first attempt to import feedparser resulted in
import feedparser
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/home/users/me/modules/feedparser.py", line 1
ed socket timeout; added support for chardet library
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
I found the text "socket timeout; added..." in the comments at the bottom of the file, removed these comments, and tried again:
import feedparser
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/home/users/me/modules/feedparser.py", line 1
= [(key, value) for key, value in attrs if key in self.acceptable_attributes]
^
IndentationError: unexpected indent
Ok, so some indent error. I made sure the indent in the function in question where ok (moved some line breaks down to no-indent). And tried again:
import feedparser
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/home/users/me/modules/feedparser.py", line 1
, value) for key, value in attrs if key in self.acceptable_attributes]
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
As much I google, I cannot find anything wrong with the syntax:
def unknown_starttag(self, tag, attrs):
if not tag in self.acceptable_elements:
if tag in self.unacceptable_elements_with_end_tag:
self.unacceptablestack += 1
return
attrs = self.normalize_attrs(attrs)
attrs = [(key, value) for key, value in attrs if key in self.acceptable_attributes]
_BaseHTMLProcessor.unknown_starttag(self, tag, attrs)
Now what?
Is my approach all wrong? Why do I keep producing these errors in a module that seems so well tested and trusted?
