Maybe, the attached patch is a good intermediate solution? It suppresses only those warnings selectively that are caused by PyX abundantly and can safely be ignored.
I think the 'eflags' option is nice to have but does not really address the problem. It is like selling a dirty car and give the customer directions to the next car-wash... :-) -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:38:27 +0100 Von: Francesc Altet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net Betreff: Re: [Pytables-users] Please suppress GCC warnings when compiling PyX-code > A Dimarts 19 Desembre 2006 18:28, Francesc Altet escrigué: > > Hi Norbert, > > > > A Dimarts 19 Desembre 2006 15:00, Norbert Nemec escrigué: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > in the current version of pytables, gcc gets the option -Wall causing > a > > > ton of warnings when compiling PyX code. Since this is a problem of > PyX > > > and not of PyTables, I would suggest suppressing these warnings (see > > > attached patch). > > > > Yes. I think this is a good idea (at least for end users), so I > > checked it out for the forthcoming PyTables 1.4. > > > > Sorry, but I've changed my mind. In general, suppressing all the > warnings is not a good thing. For instance, I remember that a Debian > developer had a problem with the 64-bit port of PyTables and discover > the flaw just by looking at the warnings in the build log. > > What I've done is the addition of a 'eflags' parameter to setup.py. > These flags will be passed directly to the compiler, so that users can > reduce the level of warning, or change the default optimization level > by issuing, for example: > > python2.5 setup.py build_ext --inplace --eflags='-w -O3' > > Cheers, > > -- > >0,0< Francesc Altet http://www.carabos.com/ > V V Cárabos Coop. V. Enjoy Data > "-" > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Pytables-users mailing list > Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer
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