Re: Cube-info dictionary type error on linux cli using Python 3.9.2

[Christian Anthon]

Yeah, no code is going to work on both python2 and python3. Feel free to 
post a bug report on https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=gnubg, but 
this is not likely to be a priority. You are also welcome to update the 
c code if you know a little c and python, it probably isn't difficult.

C


On 2/19/22 11:53, Rose Menninger wrote:
> Hi. First of all, thanks for your efforts in creating such a good software / 
> package. I have been using gnubg cli in the last few years and really enjoyed 
> it. But recently I have encountered a weird error.
>
> Using Gnubg 1.06.002 on Debian 11 (wirh Python 3.9.2) and also on ubuntu 20.4 
> lts (with Python 3.8.10), every Python script that uses “cube-info” dictionary 
> as argument, gives this type error:
> TypeError: expected bytes, str found
>
> Steps to reproduce this error:
> Using gnubg 1.06.002 and Python 3.9.2 on linux
> 1- start cli using “gnubg -t”
> 2- start a new game using “new game”
> 3- set turn using “set turn 1”
> 4- set dice using “set dice 6 2”
> 5- enter Python command line using “>”
> 6- passing cube-info dictionary to any of gnubg methods that accept it as 
> argument. For example:
>       myCubeInfo = gnubg.cubeinfo()
>       gnubg.calcgammonprice(myCubeInfo)
>
> Expected result: cube-info with updated gammon prices
>
> Result:
> TypeError: expected bytes, str found
>
> Note that the same code was working on older versions on gnubg. This same exact 
> code also works correctly on gnubg 1.06.002 on Mac OS using Python 2.7.18. So, 
> this error seems to be related to Python > 3.8.10. I have also built latest cvs 
> version from savannah on a fresh and updated debian 11, but still got this same 
> exact error.
>
> Also, every other gnubg method that accepts “cube-info” dictionary results in 
> the same exact error (calcgammonprice, cfevaluate, eq2mwc…). Everything else 
> works as expected as far as I can see.
>
> I have been struggling with this error for 3 weeks, searching about it on 
> different forums and reproducing it on different machines. Am I missing 
> something?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> Thanks