Question

I wrote my code for python 2.7 but the server has 2.5. How do i rewrite the next code so it will run in python 2.5.2:

gzipHandler = gzip.open(gzipFile)

try:
    with open(txtFile, 'w') as out:
        for line in gzipHandler:
            out.write(line)
except: 
    pass

Right now, when i try to run my script I get this error:

Warning: ‘with’ will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6 Traceback
(most recent call last): File “Main.py”, line 7, in
from Extractor import Extractor File “/data/client/scripts/Extractor.py”, line 29
with open(self._logFile, ‘w’) as out:
^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Thanks,
Ron.

Answer 1

In Python 2.5, you actually can use the with statement — just import it from __future__:

from __future__ import with_statement