[omniORB] omniORBpy newbe question re:omniidl

[Duncan Grisby]

On Thursday 26 July, "Carlson, Jeffrey F" wrote:

> ActiveState Python 2.1 build 211

I've never tried ActiveState's Python, so that might be the root of
the problem.

> When I execute the idl compiler like so:
> [c:\omni\examples\echo] omniidl -bpython echo.idl
> 
> I get this:
> omnicpp -lang-c++ -undef -D__OMNIIDL__=0x2301 -D__OMNIIDL_PYTHON__
> echo.idl:1: Syntax error in definition
> omnicpp -lang-c++ -undef -D__OMNIIDL__=0x2301 -D__OMNIIDL_PYTHON__
> echo.idl:2: Syntax error in definition
> echo.idl:2: Syntax error in definition
> omniidl: 3 errors.

My guess is that ActivePython doesn't support os.popen properly, so
it's echoing commands rather than executing them.

Try running

  omniidl -T -bpython echo.idl

That uses a temporary file rather than a pipe, so it might work
better.

Cheers,

Duncan.

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