Perhaps this note can save someone time.  Python 2.4a1 has at least
two bugs that affect Quixote.  The first bug is in the "cgi" module.
Even if there is no form data it returns ('', '') as a name and
value pair.  That leads forms to believe that they have always been
submitted.  I've filed a bug, #990307, for this problem but so far
it has not been fixed.

The second bug is in the "compiler" package.  It erroneously raises
a syntax error for expressions like "(a, b) = (1, 2)".  This bug has
already been fixed.

  Neil