[Python-Dev] Compiler warnings (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Wed Feb 1 14:51:03 CET 2006

Scott Dial <scott+python-dev at scottdial.com> writes:

So, either the GCC people have not noticed this problem, or (more likely) have decided that this is acceptable, but clearly it will cause spurious warnings. Hey, after all, they are just warnings.

Well, indeed, but "no warnings" is a useful policy -- it makes new warnings much easier to spot :)

The warnings under discussion seem rather excessive to me.

Cheers, mwh

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