[reportlab-users] syntax error in doctemplate.py

[Robin Becker]

Gerald Britton wrote:
> I get this:
> 
> I get this:
> 
> $ python
> Python 2.4.2 (#1, Oct 13 2005, 10:24:56)
> [GCC 3.3.6 (Gentoo 3.3.6, ssp-3.3.6-1.0, pie-8.7.8)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> 
>>>>import reportlab.platypus.tables
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/__init__.py",
> line 13, in ?
>     from reportlab.platypus.doctemplate import BaseDocTemplate,
> NextPageTemplate, PageTemplate, ActionFlowable, \
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/doctemplate.py",
> line 108
>     t, v, None = sys.exc_info()
> SyntaxError: assignment to None

.....

This is an error caused by using old style Python where assignment to None was 
allowed with modern Python which disallows it.

There were several of these errors which were fixed around two years ago. Either 
upgrade the version of reportlab or switch to Python < 2.3. As a final 
alternative just change the name None above to UNUSED (which is the intent anyway).

-- 
Robin Becker