[issue26498] _io.so flat namespace

Larry added the comment: Ned, thank you for your suggestions. Just so you know, my HD recently crashed so I rebuilt the system with a new SSD. I was previously running 2.7.9 so I installed 2.7.9 to minimize any potential conflicts with my code base. All was well. Now it was time to rev Py

[issue26498] _io.so flat namespace

Ned Deily added the comment: An even more likely scenario: the Python executable you are using is coming from an older virtualenv. If so, you need to update the virtualenv to include an up-to-date python executable. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue26498] _io.so flat namespace

Ned Deily added the comment: Sorry, I am unable to reproduce the problem. My guess is that somehow there is a version mismatch between the Python executable and the dynamic libraries. This *could* be caused by a number of things, like environment variable settings. Suggest trying to isolate

[issue26498] _io.so flat namespace

New submission from Larry: On OSX El Capitan, Python v2.7.10 and 2.7.11 (standard installer)... When importing urllib2 it crashes with a flat namespace error then loading _io.so. Shortest test case: "python -c 'import urllib2'" Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File