PyCall breaks due to lack of wstring()

[iagobaapellaniz]

Installing LegacyString to be able to make use of wstring with using LegacyString doesn't work.

Error message:

ERROR: LoadError: LoadError: `wstring` has been moved to the package LegacyStrings.jl:
Run Pkg.add("LegacyStrings") to install LegacyStrings on Julia v0.5-;
Then do `using LegacyStrings` to get `wstring`.

 in include_from_node1(::String) at ./loading.jl:426 (repeats 2 times)
 in macro expansion; at ./none:2 [inlined]
 in anonymous at ./<missing>:?
 in eval(::Module, ::Any) at ./boot.jl:234
 in process_options(::Base.JLOptions) at ./client.jl:243
 in _start() at ./client.jl:322
while loading /home/iapellaniz/.julia/v0.5/PyCall/src/../deps/deps.jl, in expression starting on line 3
while loading /home/iapellaniz/.julia/v0.5/PyCall/src/PyCall.jl, in expression starting on line 38
ERROR: Failed to precompile PyCall to /home/iapellaniz/.julia/lib/v0.5/PyCall.ji
 in compilecache(::String) at ./loading.jl:505
 in require(::Symbol) at ./loading.jl:364
 in eval(::Module, ::Any) at ./boot.jl:234
 in macro expansion at ./REPL.jl:92 [inlined]
 in (::Base.REPL.##1#2{Base.REPL.REPLBackend})() at ./event.jl:46

Version info:

Julia Version 0.5.0-dev+5345
Commit adbd3ac (2016-07-12 07:29 UTC)
Platform Info:
  System: Linux (x86_64-redhat-linux)
  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3230M CPU @ 2.60GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  BLAS: libopenblas (USE64BITINT DYNAMIC_ARCH NO_AFFINITY Sandybridge)
  LAPACK: libopenblas64_
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-3.7.1 (ORCJIT, ivybridge)

[stevengj]

Should work now after you run Pkg.checkout("PyCall"); Pkg.build("PyCall")

[iagobaapellaniz]

Thanks for your rapid response. I have had to tweak the julia code to make it work. More details will come if necesary