Issues import xlrd into Jython 2.5.1[2|3]

[Ouray Viney]

Hi,

I am trying to run Python code using xlrd in Jython.  The code runs beautifully in Python 2.7.3, however, the moment I try to run in Jython 2.5.3 it fails with the following error:

mbp-oviney:jython2.5.1 oviney$ ./jython

Jython 2.5.2 (Release_2_5_2:7206, Mar 2 2011, 23:12:06)

[Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (Oracle Corporation)] on java1.7.0_51

Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>> import sys

>>> sys.path.append("/Users/oviney/Downloads/xlrd-0.9.3")

>>> import xlrd

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>

  File "/Users/oviney/Downloads/xlrd-0.9.3/xlrd/__init__.py", line 397

    if peek == b"PK\x03\x04": # a ZIP file

               ^

SyntaxError: no viable alternative at input '"PK\x03\x04"'

Please let me know if you have any suggestions on we can fix this issue.

Thank you!

Ouray