[Bug 1628763] Re: Example of Queue from documentation fails

2017-10-20 Thread Matthias Klose
** Changed in: python3-defaults (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1628763 Title: Example of Queue from documentation fails To manage notifications

Re: [Bug 1628763] Re: Example of Queue from documentation fails

2017-10-20 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
Oops. I did locate the directory on a backup. As you supposed, I had created queue.py initially to do the test. I re-ran it as 'q.py' to see if that helped, but did not delete the original. So you were right -- name conflict. On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 8:06 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > I no long

Re: [Bug 1628763] Re: Example of Queue from documentation fails

2017-10-20 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
I no longer have the directory in which I did this trial. However, trying again in an empty directory, the sample works fine with 3.5. On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 4:14 AM, Serhiy Storchaka < 1628...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > This looks like there is a queue.py file in the current directory which

[Bug 1628763] Re: Example of Queue from documentation fails

2017-10-10 Thread Serhiy Storchaka
This looks like there is a queue.py file in the current directory which hides the queue module from the stdlib. In Python 2.7 this module is named Queue and doesn't conflict with a local file queue.py. Can you confirm Kevin? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubunt

[Bug 1628763] Re: Example of Queue from documentation fails

2016-09-29 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
Noting still further: When I tried the same program with the default Python (2.7), it worked just as the documentation promised, so the problem is in the Python 3.5 build. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.la

[Bug 1628763] Re: Example of Queue from documentation fails

2016-09-29 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
Noting further: There's a Note at the bottom of the entry for Queue in 17.2.2.2, https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/multiprocessing.html#pipes-and-queues which says that ImportErrors can be caused by failure of the system to support semaphores, as outlined in Issue3770 (Closed years ago): https:/