[ZOOKEEPER-877] zkpython does not work with python3.1

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.3.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.4.6, 3.5.0
• Component/s: contrib-bindings

Environment

linux+python3.1

• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Daniel Enman
• Reporter: TuxRacer
• Created: 22/Sep/10 10:44
• Updated: 13/Mar/14 18:16
• Resolved: 08/Oct/13 06:46

Description

as written in the contrib/zkpython/README file:

"Python >= 2.6 is required. We have tested against 2.6. We have not tested against 3.x."

this is probably more a 'new feature' request than a bug; anyway compiling the pythn module and calling it returns an error at load time:

python3.1
Python 3.1.2 (r312:79147, May 8 2010, 16:36:46)
[GCC 4.4.4] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import zookeeper
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: /usr/local/lib/python3.1/dist-packages/zookeeper.so: undefined symbol: PyString_AsString

are there any plan to support Python3.X?

I also tried to write a 3.1 ctypes wrapper but the C API seems in fact to be written in C++, so python ctypes cannot be used.