For several years, I was using the python 2.x version that was available from the IBM Tools & Toys page, but I really wanted to start using a 3.x version, so I downloaded 3.6.1 from your site. The install went fairly well, but I found that none of the programs I had coded would run any longer. I found a solution to this problem (right or wrong) that by coding
coding=latin_1
as the second line (#!/bin/env being the first) of the program, this seemed to fix my problem and have been using it since.
Recently, however, I started trying to put some commonly used functions in a separate source file, and calling them from other programs I had written, something like this:
from email_f import mail_it
When I run the main program, this is the result I get:
/u/sfr640/python> email_m.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “./email_m.py”, line 5, in
File “/u/sfr640/python/email_f.py”, line 1
{@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd~\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdm\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdm\\ufffd\\ufffdM\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdm\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd]z@@@@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdm\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@~@}a\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffda\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdm\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd}@@@@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdm\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@~@\\ufffd}\\u0199\\ufffd\\ufffdz@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd|\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd}k@@@@@@@@@@@@}\\ufffdz@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd|\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdK\\ufffd\\ufffdK\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd}k@@@@@@@@@@@@}\\u2902\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdz@\\u3162\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd}k@@@@@@@@@@@@}\\ufffd\\ufffd}\\ufffd@@@@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdm\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdz@@@@@@@@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdm\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdK\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdM\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd]@@@@\\ufffd@~@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdM\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdm\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdk@}\\ufffd}]@@@@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdm\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdz@@@@@@@@\\ufffdK\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdM\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd]@@@@\\ufffdK\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdM]@@@@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdm\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@~@}a\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffda\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@`\\ufffd@L}@N@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdm\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@@@@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdM}\\u3205@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffdz}k@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdm\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd]{@@@@\\ufffd\\ufffd@~@\\ufffd\\ufffdK\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdM\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdm\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd]@@@@\\ufffd\\ufffd@~@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdK\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdM\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdm\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdk@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd~\\u3664\\ufffd]@@@@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdM}\\u0645\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffdz}k@\\ufffd\\ufffd]@@@@\\ufffd\\ufffd@~@\\ufffd\\ufffdK\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdM\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdm\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd]@@@@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffdM}\\u0645\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\u0105\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd\\ufffd@\\ufffd\\ufffdz}k@\\ufffd\\ufffd]
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SyntaxError: invalid syntax
To me, this seems like it might be another encoding issue, where the main program is not reading in the function module properly. I have verified that the function module will run fine as a stand alone program, but fails if it is imported by the other program.
Would you have any suggestions how I could get around this issue? Thanks.
John
