Invalid syntax in lapack testing file

Question

When i compiled the LAPACK-3.4.2 with MinGW,i got a error like this:

File "./lapack_testing.py",line 17
         **except getopt.error, msg:
                            ^**
syntaxError:invalid syntax
Make:***[lapack_testing] Error 1

But i checked the lapack_testing.py,and there was no problem with the syntax.

Any idea?Thanks!

Answer 1

That exception handling syntax is valid in Python 2. Starting with Python 3 that syntax is no longer valid. Seep PEP 3110.

So it looks like the code you are running is designed for Python 2 but you are trying to execute it on Python 3. The expedient solution is going to be to run the code under Python 2, as it is intended to run.