Re: python mode problem

["Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>]

On 01.02.2016 06:46, Rusi wrote:
> On Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 2:34:33 PM UTC+5:30, Andreas Röhler wrote:
>> On 31.01.2016 07:02, Rusi wrote:
>>> On Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 10:05:23 AM UTC+5:30, Rusi wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 8:47:33 AM UTC+5:30, Rusi wrote:
>>>>> emacs  hanged while doing something in python
>>>>> Had to kill with killall emacs
>>>>>
>>>>> Thereafter emacs is misbehaving with python mode
>>>>>
>>>>> With plain run-python
>>>>>
>>>>> Python 2.7.10 (default, Oct 14 2015, 16:09:02)
>>>>> [GCC 5.2.1 20151010] on linux2
>>>>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>>>>>> python.el: native completion setup loaded
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> With C-u run-python and using python3
>>>>>
>>>>> Warning (python): Your 'python-shell-interpreter' doesn't seem to support readline, yet 'python-shell-completion-native' was t and "python3" is not part of the 'python-shell-completion-native-disabled-interpreters' list.  Native completions have been disabled locally.
>>>>>
>>>>> Too many interlocking bugs to make a clear bug-report
>>>>> For now: Where is python mode (or other related) cache?
>>>>> Because if emacs started with -Q there is no problem
>>>>>
>>>>> emacs 25 on linux
>>>> Seems to be some emacs 25 issue
>>> Zillions of
>>> Error reading dir-locals: (void-function map-merge-with)
>>> compiling emacs 25
>>>
>>> So for now back to emacs 24
>> For all who need v25 for other reasons: There is still python-mode.el
>> available from Melpa
> Hi Andreas
>
> For many years Ive been a python-mode user.  You will even find recommendations
> from me for this here and on the python list.
> Of late however its been a source of increasing glitches.
> Dont remember all... The last one was when a number of students were using the
> same VM and found that only one could use python-mode

Hmm, that's a bad thing indeed. Assume it's related to the locking done 
by Emacs. Seems we need a instance-related naming there, so every Emacs 
get its files.

Any ideas, how to write this, are welcome. Will open a ticket at 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-mode.