1. Thank you for this OPY 2. i have a python file that has the below commented BAD LINE ... i executed your OPY and it worked without errors but file execution failed 3. I only removed the quotation mark ( ' ) from the below commented BAD LINE ... and that caused the execution to succeed BAD LINE: \# If the field has the first two bits equal to 1, it's a pointer GOOD LINE: \# If the field has the first two bits equal to 1, it s a pointer .