Runtime Parse Error When Using Semantic Kernel In Python Project

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I am trying to use Semantic Kernel in a Visual Studio 2022 Python project but I get the following runtime exception:
(7, [('expected', 'letter or digit', None)]) at the line import semantic_kernel.

Steps to reproduce the error:

1. Create new Python Project
2. Add 'import semantic_kernel'
3. Run the application

Application stops with the exception:
(7, [('expected', 'letter or digit', None)])

I am using Python verion 3.9 (64-bit) and semantic-kernel (0.9.6b1)

Further details in Output:
Stack trace:

File "C:\pymeta_generated_code\pymeta_grammar__Grammar.py", line 259, in _G_many_2 (Current frame)
_G_apply_1, lastError = self._apply(self.rule_letterOrDigit, "letterOrDigit", [])
File "C:\pymeta_generated_code\pymeta_grammar__Grammar.py", line 262, in rule_name
_G_many_3, lastError = self.many(_G_many_2)
File "C:\pymeta_generated_code\pymeta_grammar__Grammar.py", line 604, in _G_lookahead_2
_G_apply_1, lastError = self._apply(self.rule_name, "name", [])
File "C:\pymeta_generated_code\pymeta_grammar__Grammar.py", line 608, in rule_rule
_G_lookahead_3, lastError = self.lookahead(_G_lookahead_2)
File "C:\pymeta_generated_code\pymeta_grammar__Grammar.py", line 641, in _G_many_1
_G_apply_1, lastError = self._apply(self.rule_rule, "rule", [])
File "C:\pymeta_generated_code\pymeta_grammar__Grammar.py", line 644, in rule_grammar
_G_many_2, lastError = self.many(_G_many_1)
File "C:\VSProjects\PythonApplication2\PythonApplication2\PythonApplication2.py", line 1, in
import semantic_kernel
pymeta.runtime.ParseError: (7, [('expected', 'letter or digit', None)])

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Original Comments

Feedback Bot on 10/8/2024, 10:46 AM:

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[StellaHuang95]

Thanks for reaching out. Is your code in a public repo or could you provide code samples that help us repro this issue? Thanks!

[GDT48]

Please refer to:
https://github.com/GDT48/PythonApplication2

[StellaHuang95]

Thanks! I don’t see your environment included in the repo, and I wasn’t able to repro the issue. Based on the error message, it seems like a compatibility issue with the semantic-kernel package’s dependency on pymeta. Could you try updating or reinstalling both semantic-kernel and pymeta? You might also want to run the script outside of Visual Studio to check if it’s specific to the IDE

[GDT48]

I have updated and tidied the project, creating an environment.
The environment has 'semantic-kernel==0.9.6b1'.
However if I run with from semantic-kernel import KernelI get error - invalid syntax, because of the hyphan.
If I edit to to from semantic_kernel import Kernel I get the exception - (7, [('expected', 'letter or digit', None)])

Note the inconsistency between semantic-kernel (with a hyphan) and semantic_kernel (with an underscore).

I am able to create a Python project with semantic_kernel in VS Code without issue.