# git-p4, SyntaxError: invalid syntax 2 messages from 2008-12-02 to 2008-12-02. Participants: Gary Yang, Jason Foreman. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/16563 ## Gary Yang, 2008-12-02 19:08 Subject: git-p4, SyntaxError: invalid syntax Message-ID: <186027.87419.qm@web37901.mail.mud.yahoo.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/186027.87419.qm%40web37901.mail.mud.yahoo.com ``` I got git-p4 from “git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git git” I copied git-p4 from contrib/fast-import/git-p4 to /home/gyang/bin I got SyntaxError when I ran, git-p4 clone //depot/Workshop /home/gyang/bin/git-p4:161: Warning: 'yield' will become a reserved keyword in the future File "/user/svdc/pluo/bin/git-p4", line 161 yield pattern ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax I opened the file, git-p4. There are three import lines. I am not python programmer. Maybe I missed something in python? I have python installed at /usr/local/bin/python which python /usr/local/bin/python vi git-p4 import optparse, sys, os, marshal, popen2, subprocess, shelve import tempfile, getopt, sha, os.path, time, platform import re Can someone tell me what I missed? Thanks. ``` ## Jason Foreman, 2008-12-02 19:45 Subject: Re: git-p4, SyntaxError: invalid syntax Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/f9aa767e0812021145v1ecc9c56k6ad06ac7678e3d0d%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <186027.87419.qm@web37901.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ``` On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Gary Yang wrote: > > /home/gyang/bin/git-p4:161: Warning: 'yield' will become a reserved keyword in the future > File "/user/svdc/pluo/bin/git-p4", line 161 > yield pattern > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > This seems to indicate that your python doesn't support the "yield" keyword (used in generators). Are you using Python 2.2? If so, that is a very old Python and I'd recommend upgrading. But even with 2.2 you can fix this by adding the following import line: from __future__ import generators I'm not familiar with the git-p4 file specifically but the above should hopefully fix your problem. Cheers, Jason ```