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/writings/diary/archive/2005/04/26/extending_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.
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> ast_man.exec[/color][/color][/color]
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]

Re: call static function from extension module - syntaxerror

Todd wrote:
[color=blue]
> 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.
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> ast_man.exec[/color][/color]
> 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??[/color]

exec is a reserved word.
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> exec 'print 1'[/color][/color][/color]
1[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> exec = 1[/color][/color][/color]
File "<stdin>", line 1
exec = 1
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

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