>>> shouldn't we use a suitable gcc option for the buildbots to prevent that >>> from happening? >> >> Which one specifically? > > I suggest we add "-std=c89" to CFLAGS.
That needs thorough testing, in particular across many old Linux distributions. It might be that some sets of Linux header files rely on GNU C extensions, without using the __extension__ keyword. > We could also add a new target > called buildbot to the Makefile that appends "-std=c89 -Werror" to > CFLAGS. I don't think it's wise to add "-Werror" to the standard build > target. However a new build target with extra checks should help to > detect errors much sooner. That would need to go along with a policy that Python must never cause GCC to emit any warnings. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
