* Fixing compile time errors irt a) exception handling for Python 3 in util, also: b) problem octal usage (fixed) and c) print json_dump -> print(json_dump(xyz) ... et al
* This code was not Python 2.4 compliant. Octal codes and exception handling is now working with Py 2.4, 2.6, & 3.5.
* Fixing formating (or rather reverting an non 2.4 compatible change). Works in compile & runtime checking.
* a) revert to use print sys.stderr not fail_json; b) fixed var name in exception
* Python 3 compatible print (print >>sys.stderr will generate a TypeError - now uses sys.stderr.write instead).
Running async_status in an "until: result.finished" loop will mask a module failure (eg, traceback) with a
template failure, because the fail dict doesn't include "finished" (eg, you'll see "ERROR! The conditional check 'bogus_out.finished' failed. The error was: ERROR! error while evaluating conditional: bogus_out.finished ({% if bogus_out.finished %} True {% else %} False {% endif %}"). Because the failure dict still includes "failed: true",
this change has no effect on stoppage/failure reporting, it just prevents the common usage pattern from masking the underlying error message.
