From aa817f1b8307c9b8a81eea7a674f42b03390be88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Willmer <alex@moreati.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 22:12:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Handle failure to import the ast module

---
 mitogen/master.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mitogen/master.py b/mitogen/master.py
index cdb4c321..288de77f 100644
--- a/mitogen/master.py
+++ b/mitogen/master.py
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import ast
+try:
+    import ast
+except ImportError:
+    # ast module is not available in Python 2.4.x, instead we shall use the
+    # the compiler module as a fallback
+    ast = None
 import commands
 import compiler
 import errno