Partial fixes for 2.4 compatibility. Unfinished.

We just discovered that 0.9 breaks with python 2.4.  This is an
attempt at fixing the problem, but I'm not finished yet.  Pushing so
others can work off my branch.

IPython/Release.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 b" name = 'ipython'"
 # bdist_deb does not accept underscores (a Debian convention).
 
 development = False    # change this to False to do a release
-version_base = '0.9'
+version_base = '0.9.1'
 branch = 'ipython'
 revision = '1143'
 

IPython/frontend/frontendbase.py

@@ -21,8 +21,77 b' __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"'
 # Imports
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import string
-import uuid
+
+try:
 import _ast
+except ImportError:
+    # Python 2.4 hackish workaround.
+    class bunch: pass
+    _ast = bunch()
+    _ast.PyCF_ONLY_AST = 1024
+    
+
+
+try:
+    import uuid
+except ImportError:
+    # Python 2.4 hackish workaround.
+    class UUID:
+        def __init__(self,bytes):
+            version = 4
+            int = long(('%02x'*16) % tuple(map(ord, bytes)), 16)
+            # Set the variant to RFC 4122.
+            int &= ~(0xc000 << 48L)
+            int |= 0x8000 << 48L
+            # Set the version number.
+            int &= ~(0xf000 << 64L)
+            int |= version << 76L
+            self.__dict__['int'] = int
+
+        def __cmp__(self, other):
+            if isinstance(other, UUID):
+                return cmp(self.int, other.int)
+            return NotImplemented
+
+        def __hash__(self):
+            return hash(self.int)
+
+        def __int__(self):
+            return self.int
+
+        def __repr__(self):
+            return 'UUID(%r)' % str(self)
+
+        def __setattr__(self, name, value):
+            raise TypeError('UUID objects are immutable')
+
+        def __str__(self):
+            hex = '%032x' % self.int
+            return '%s-%s-%s-%s-%s' % (
+                hex[:8], hex[8:12], hex[12:16], hex[16:20], hex[20:])
+
+        def get_bytes(self):
+            bytes = ''
+            for shift in range(0, 128, 8):
+                bytes = chr((self.int >> shift) & 0xff) + bytes
+            return bytes
+
+        bytes = property(get_bytes)
+ 
+    
+    def _u4():
+        "Fake random uuid"
+        
+        import random
+        bytes = [chr(random.randrange(256)) for i in range(16)]
+        return UUID(bytes)
+
+    class bunch: pass
+    uuid = bunch()
+    uuid.uuid4 = _u4
+    del _u4
+
+
 
 from IPython.frontend.zopeinterface import (
     Interface, 

IPython/frontend/linefrontendbase.py

@@ -182,6 +182,18 b' class LineFrontEndBase(FrontEndBase):'
             raw_string = python_string
         # Create a false result, in case there is an exception
         self.last_result = dict(number=self.prompt_number)
+
+        ## try:
+        ##     self.history.input_cache[-1] = raw_string.rstrip()
+        ##     result = self.shell.execute(python_string)
+        ##     self.last_result = result
+        ##     self.render_result(result)
+        ## except:
+        ##     self.show_traceback()
+        ## finally:
+        ##     self.after_execute()
+
+        try:
         try:
             self.history.input_cache[-1] = raw_string.rstrip()
             result = self.shell.execute(python_string)
@@ -192,6 +204,7 b' class LineFrontEndBase(FrontEndBase):'
         finally:
             self.after_execute()
 
+
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # LineFrontEndBase interface
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

IPython/frontend/prefilterfrontend.py

@@ -196,6 +196,20 b' This is the wx frontend, by Gael Varoquaux. This is EXPERIMENTAL code."""'
         # capture it.
         self.capture_output()
         self.last_result = dict(number=self.prompt_number)
+        
+        ## try:
+        ##     for line in input_string.split('\n'):
+        ##         filtered_lines.append(
+        ##                 self.ipython0.prefilter(line, False).rstrip())
+        ## except:
+        ##     # XXX: probably not the right thing to do.
+        ##     self.ipython0.showsyntaxerror()
+        ##     self.after_execute()
+        ## finally:
+        ##     self.release_output()
+
+
+        try:
         try:
             for line in input_string.split('\n'):
                 filtered_lines.append(
@@ -207,6 +221,8 b' This is the wx frontend, by Gael Varoquaux. This is EXPERIMENTAL code."""'
         finally:
             self.release_output()
 
+
+
         # Clean up the trailing whitespace, to avoid indentation errors
         filtered_string = '\n'.join(filtered_lines)
         return filtered_string

IPython/frontend/zopeinterface.py

@@ -19,10 +19,6 b' __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"'
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-import string
-import uuid
-import _ast
-
 try:
     from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute, implements, classProvides
 except ImportError:

IPython/kernel/contexts.py

@@ -8,8 +8,6 b' which can also be useful as templates for writing new, application-specific'
 managers.
 """
 
-from __future__ import with_statement
-
 __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

IPython/kernel/tests/test_contexts.py

@@ -1,4 +1,6 b''
-from __future__ import with_statement
+#from __future__ import with_statement
+
+# XXX This file is currently disabled to preserve 2.4 compatibility.
 
 #def test_simple():
 if 0:
@@ -25,17 +27,17 b' if 0:'
 
     mec.pushAll()
 
-    with parallel as pr:
-        # A comment
-        remote()  # this means the code below only runs remotely
-        print 'Hello remote world'
-        x = range(10)
-        # Comments are OK
-        # Even misindented.
-        y = x+1
+    ## with parallel as pr:
+    ##     # A comment
+    ##     remote()  # this means the code below only runs remotely
+    ##     print 'Hello remote world'
+    ##     x = range(10)
+    ##     # Comments are OK
+    ##     # Even misindented.
+    ##     y = x+1
 
 
-    with pfor('i',sequence) as pr:
-        print x[i]
+    ## with pfor('i',sequence) as pr:
+    ##     print x[i]
 
     print pr.x + pr.y

docs/examples/kernel/nwmerge.py

@@ -45,7 +45,10 b' def mergesort(list_of_lists, key=None):'
     for i, itr in enumerate(iter(pl) for pl in list_of_lists):
         try:
             item = itr.next()
-            toadd = (key(item), i, item, itr) if key else (item, i, itr)
+            if key:
+                toadd = (key(item), i, item, itr)
+            else:
+                toadd = (item, i, itr)
             heap.append(toadd)
         except StopIteration:
             pass

tools/testrel

@@ -15,8 +15,8 b' cd $ipdir'
 ./setup.py sdist --formats=gztar
 
 # Build rpms
-#python2.4 ./setup.py bdist_rpm --binary-only --release=py24 --python=/usr/bin/python2.4
-#python2.5 ./setup.py bdist_rpm --binary-only --release=py25 --python=/usr/bin/python2.5
+python2.4 ./setup.py bdist_rpm --binary-only --release=py24 --python=/usr/bin/python2.4
+python2.5 ./setup.py bdist_rpm --binary-only --release=py25 --python=/usr/bin/python2.5
 
 # Build eggs
 python2.4 ./setup_bdist_egg.py