SyntaxError when importing Tensorflow on a mac [duplicate]

Question

I am trying to install Tensorflow on a Mac using the instructions from https://www.tensorflow.org/install/. But when I try to import it, I get a syntax error like so:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/tensorflow/init.py", line 22, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow # pylint: disable=unused-import
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/tensorflow/python/init.py", line 49, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/tensorflow/python/pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 58, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python.pywrap_tensorflow_internal import *
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/tensorflow/python pywrap_tensorflow_internal.py", line 114
    def TFE_ContextOptionsSetAsync(arg1, async): 
                                         ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I tried uninstalling protobuf and reinstalling tensorflow, but the problem persists.

What is wrong, and how can I fix it?

FlyingTeller · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-13 14:25:10Z

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This seems to be an issue with python version 3.7 as you can also see in this github issue. Apparently the cause is that async is a keyword in 3.7. Good news is that there also seems to be a solution:

As mentioned in the github issue: Renaming async to e.g. async1 in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/tensorflow/python/pywrap_tensorflow_internal.py gets rid of the issue

Note: There are multiple links inside of the github issue, also references to commits fixing 3.7. incompatabilities, so cloning the github and installing from source might also be an option

answered Aug 13, 2018 at 14:25

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Shirin Najdi Over a year ago

Thank you for the reply. It was exactly as you said. It is solved now.

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