error with" global flags not at the start of the expression at position 4" help~~~

[JoeyHuhuu]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
File "", line 88, in run_code
File "D:\Python\Lib\site-packages\wikiextractor\WikiExtractor.py", line 66, in
from extract import Extractor, ignoreTag, define_template, acceptedNamespaces
File "D:\Python\Lib\site-packages\wikiextractor\extract.py", line 378, in
ExtLinkBracketedRegex = re.compile(
^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\Python\Lib\re_init.py", line 228, in compile
return compile(pattern, flags)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\Python\Lib\re_init.py", line 307, in _compile
p = _compiler.compile(pattern, flags)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\Python\Lib\re_compiler.py", line 743, in compile
p = _parser.parse(p, flags)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\Python\Lib\re_parser.py", line 972, in parse
p = _parse_sub(source, state, flags & SRE_FLAG_VERBOSE, 0)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\Python\Lib\re_parser.py", line 453, in _parse_sub
itemsappend(_parse(source, state, verbose, nested + 1,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\Python\Lib\re_parser.py", line 855, in _parse
p = _parse_sub(source, state, sub_verbose, nested + 1)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\Python\Lib\re_parser.py", line 453, in _parse_sub
itemsappend(_parse(source, state, verbose, nested + 1,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\Python\Lib\re_parser.py", line 855, in _parse
p = _parse_sub(source, state, sub_verbose, nested + 1)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\Python\Lib\re_parser.py", line 453, in _parse_sub
itemsappend(_parse(source, state, verbose, nested + 1,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\Python\Lib\re_parser.py", line 833, in _parse
raise source.error('global flags not at the start '
re.error: global flags not at the start of the expression at position 4

[VladOnMyOwn]

Same here

[VladOnMyOwn]

@JoeyHuhuu, try this: ab8988e
helped me

[JoeyHuhuu]

@JoeyHuhuu, try this: ab8988e ，请尝试以下操作： ab8988e helped me 帮助了我

thank you~

[dwiddows]

Thanks, worked for me too with python 3.12, after
pip uninstall wikiextractor
followed by
pip install git+https://github.com/attardi/wikiextractor.git@ab8988ebfa9e4557411f3d4c0f4ccda139e18875

Then python -m wikiextractor.WikiExtractor <Wikipedia xml file> worked as before.

Thanks for this fix, it would be good if it could be merged into the pypi release. (Depends on #335 I guess?)

[janarosmonaliev]

I am getting this error that setuptools aren't available. I am using the script in a conda env with Python v3.11.7

  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [1 lines of output]
      ERROR: Can not execute `setup.py` since setuptools is not available in the build environment.
      [end of output]

Any suggestions?