Incompatibility with Python 3.8
Python 3.8 changed the semantic restrictions on dictionary modifications during iterations:
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/12596
thus causing any users of 'stem' to fail with the following exception (example taken from 'nyx'):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/nyx", line 11, in <module>
load_entry_point('nyx==2.1.0', 'console_scripts', 'nyx')()
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/nyx/__init__.py", line 176, in main
nyx.starter.main()
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/stem/util/conf.py", line 289, in wrapped
return func(*args, config = config, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/nyx/starter.py", line 90, in main
controller = init_controller(
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/nyx/__init__.py", line 325, in init_controller
TOR_CONTROLLER = stem.connection.connect(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/stem/connection.py", line 291, in connect
return _connect_auth(control_connection, password, password_prompt, chroot_path, controller)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/stem/connection.py", line 375, in _connect_auth
return controller(control_socket, is_authenticated = True)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/stem/control.py", line 1057, in __init__
super(Controller, self).__init__(control_socket, is_authenticated)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/stem/control.py", line 585, in __init__
self._post_authentication()
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/stem/control.py", line 3902, in _post_authentication
owning_pid = self.get_conf('__OwningControllerProcess', None)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/stem/control.py", line 2170, in get_conf
entries = self.get_conf_map(param, default, multiple)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/stem/control.py", line 2273, in get_conf_map
for key in reply:
RuntimeError: dictionary keys changed during iteration
Trac:
Username: nafen