[Twisted-Python] Confusing traceback from mktap.py

[Jp Calderone]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 04:46:44PM -0600, Bradley Duane Peters wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have somehow caused my Twisted application to become un-TAPable. 
> Running it through mktap.py (in the same fashion as when it did work) 
> results in the following traceback.
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "mktap.py", line 30, in ?
>     run()
>   File "C:\Python22\Lib\site-packages\twisted\scripts\mktap.py",
>       line 178, in run
>     a.save()
>   File "C:\Python22\Lib\site-packages\twisted\internet\app.py",
>       line 634, in save
>     dumpFunc(self, f)
>   File "C:\Python22\Lib\site-packages\twisted\internet\app.py",
>       line 616, in dumpFunc
>     _dump(obj, file, 1)
> TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable
> 

  You shouldn't be able to induce this error with your code.  I can't
actually imagine -how- this might be induced, apparently "cPickle.dump" has
gotten itself to be None.  Perhaps you have "cPickle.py" in your source,
with "dump = None" in it?  Could you try this interactively, preferably
in your package's directory, and/or where you ran mktap from?

    import cPickle
    print cPickle.__file__, cPickle.dump

> Unfortunately, I don't have an old version to go back to, and I don't 
> know enough about Twisted to know where I should look for a problem. 

  Did you upgrade your app, or Twisted?  BTW, random piece of advise, always
develop with some sort of RCS software, be it CVS or something else.  It's
great for situations where you can't track down what has broken something...
you just back out changes until it works again.

  Jp

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