Syntax error in pip/_vendor/html5lib/treewalkers/etree.py

[seibert]

• Pip version: 9.0.0
• Python version: 2.7.12
• Operating System: OS X (10.11.6)

Description:

While debugging a package build, I noticed that there is a syntax error in the vendored html5lib package inside pip 9.0.0:

(pip_bug) Rover:~ stan$ python
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>>> import pip._vendor.html5lib.treewalkers.etree
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Users/stan/anaconda/envs/pip_bug/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/_vendor/html5lib/treewalkers/etree.py", line 13
    from pip._vendor. import string_types
                           ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

[dstufft]

This is a duplicate of #4059 and will be fixed in 9.0.1 (already committed to master). 9.0.1 will likely be released on Sat or Sun.

[seibert]

OK, thanks! missed it in the search