you might try the python-mac list: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
not very active, but folks there know what they are doing :-) -CHB On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Andrew Jaffe <a.h.ja...@gmail.com> wrote: > This isn't, strictly speaking, a numpy question, but I suspect it's > something that numpy devs and users have some insight into. > > I am trying to compile an extension that requires a fairly advanced c++ > compiler. Using the built-in apple python, it defaults to the latest clang > from apple, and it works just fine. > > Using the python.org framework build, it still selects clang, which is in > principle a new enough compiler, but for some reason it seems to end up > pointing to /usr/include/c++/4.2.1/ which of course is too old, and the > build fails. > > So the questions I have are: > > - *why* is it using such an old toolchain (I am pretty sure that the > answer is backward compatibility, and specifically because that is the way > the framework build python is itself compiled). > > - *how* is it selecting those tools, and in particular, that include > directory? It doesn't seem to explicitly show up in the logs, until there's > an error. If I just use the same clang invocation as seems to be used by > the build, it is able to compile full C++-11 code... > > - Is there any way to still use the apple clang, but in full c++-11 mode > to build extensions? > > The solution/workaround is to install and then explicitly select a more > advanced compiler, e.g., from homebrew, using environment variables, but it > would be nice if it could work out of the box, and ideally with the same > behaviour as with apple's python build. > > -Andrew > > p.s. for the aficionados, this is for [healpy][1], and we're looking at it > with [this issue][2]. > > [1]: https://github.com/healpy > [2]: https://github.com/healpy/healpy/issues/284#issuecomment-148354405 > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > https://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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