[Bf-python] Re: Can't use Python sets in Blender 2.40

[Tron Thomas]

I will try installing Python on Windows.  The thing is I think I already 
have a version on there as I'm using Cygwin.
Assuming the sets module is missing from the Windows version of Python 
used by Blender, how difficult would it be to add it?

Stephen Swaney wrote:

>On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 07:19:00PM -0800, Tron Thomas wrote:
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>>Actually I realized I wrote and tested my original exporter on Mac OS X 
>>so I never knew if sets worked on Windows for version 2.37.
>>I discovered that the sets Python module still work fine on Blender 2.40 
>>for Mac OS X.  I don't know why it doesn't work on Windows.
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>Your Mac probably has a complete Python install.  Your Windows box
>does not.  At least not one Blender can find.  On Windows, since
>it tends to lack what is commonly installed on 'normal' computers,
>we provide a bare subset of useful Python modules.  The set module
>is not one of them (I'm still guessing! ).
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>So you need to
>1) install Python 2.4 on your windows box.
>2) set the PYTHONPATH env var if necessary.
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