call static function from extension module - syntaxerror

[Todd]

Hi,

I'm working right from the example here to make a basic extenstion
module.
http://docs.python.org/ext/intro.html
http://www.dalkescientific.com/writi...ng_python.html

I can load my module into python and dir shows my function. But I get
a syntax error if I try to access it.

ast_man.exec

File "<stdin>", line 1
ast_man.exec
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

However, I can get at it using getattr. I tried compiling myself and
using setup. My method is defined as

static PyMethodDef ast_man_methods[] = {
{"exec",exec,ME TH_VARARGS,"Exe cute Asterisk commands."},
{NULL,NULL,0,NU LL}
};

What might be my problem??

thanks

[Erik Max Francis]

Todd wrote:

I'm working right from the example here to make a basic extenstion
module.
http://docs.python.org/ext/intro.html
http://www.dalkescientific.com/writi...ng_python.html

I can load my module into python and dir shows my function. But I get
a syntax error if I try to access it.

ast_man.exec File "<stdin>", line 1
ast_man.exec
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

However, I can get at it using getattr. I tried compiling myself and
using setup. My method is defined as

static PyMethodDef ast_man_methods[] = {
{"exec",exec,ME TH_VARARGS,"Exe cute Asterisk commands."},
{NULL,NULL,0,NU LL}
};

What might be my problem??

exec is a reserved word.

exec 'print 1' 1 exec = 1

File "<stdin>", line 1
exec = 1
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

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