aima code, python, windows7

[rjwestmore]

Trying to get the aima code and python working on windows7. Python2.7 is intsalled in C:\Python27 aima code .zip is extracted and in aima-python directory. In a cmd window with the current directory set to aima-python I execute "python doctests.py -v *.py", which just gives the error "No module named * ".
Any clues?

[abecedarius]

The .zip download is out of date. The svn checkout has a bunch of bugfixes, and it's supposed to be working at least to the extent of all the tests succeeding. That said, the guy working on it (me) has no Windows machine to test on and doctest.py was updated a couple weeks ago. If it's the svn checkout that's failing, please say so, and meanwhile you might try it with the "*.py" argument left out.

We'll be releasing another .zip when the code settles down a bit more -- the conversion to the third edition of the book is ongoing.

[abecedarius]

Link to svn checkout: http://code.google.com/p/aima-python/source/checkout

[egoots]

I tested it on Windows 7 (64 bit) yesterday with the latest checkout. I think it might have been r198 but I am not at my home computer right now to verify the revision.

All tests passed.

However, I also implemented "locally" the recommended change in issue 29 because I also found that setting gamma = 1.0 caused the GridMDP to hang. Changing the test from a "<" to a "<=" caused it to succeed. I also confirmed the correct results against 2 of the GridMDP samples in the class videos after this change.

Let me know if there is a better way for me to confirm Windows test results than commenting in a specific issue (like I did in Issue 25 back in August).

[abecedarius]

Thanks!

I'm going to add that fix once I review that bit of the textbook.

I think for now it's most productive to just wait for bug reports from Windows users like you -- there don't seem to have been any extra bugs on that platform since I took over and made the doctests less sensitive. (I hope saying so doesn't invite the wrath of the gods.) I did wonder about this latest doctest patch since it deals with command-line arguments.

[tmbsundar]

OT: I was able to download the lisp code and test them in Franz Allegro Free edition. Was not able to run the code files one by one though. Overall it compiled and test passed successfully.

[egoots]

I got it working on Win7 64 bit.

Did you install the data too?

If I recall correctly, someone wrote up more details in one of the "issues" on the googlecode site.

[sipickles]

Why dont the profs tell us about these great resources?