[BioPython] stray '\' in program

[Hugh R]

Ok, I've found some #define references to va_list, builtin_va_list etc in a file 
gcc-2.95.2-sol8-sparc-local. And a small C program trying to declare a varialbe 
of either type complains. So is the latest gcc recommended?

thanks.
Hugh

>Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:55:41 -0700
>Subject: Re: [BioPython] stray '\' in program
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>To: Hugh R <hugh at parvati.msu.montana.edu>
>From: Jeffrey Chang <jchang at jeffchang.com>
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>Based on this and your previous message, it really sounds like there's 
>something wrong with your gcc installation.  Can you compile any C 
>programs, or just not Python libraries?  \ is a line continuation 
>character in C, so I'm not sure what it's complaining about.  Also, 
>from the previous post, __builtin_va_alist sounds like something from 
>stdarg.  Try making a small test C program, and #include <stdarg.h> to 
>see if it complains.  That should not generate any errors, and if it 
>does, I'd start looking more closely to see if your gcc is set up 
>correctly.  The include files may be incorrect or out of date.
>
>Jeff
>
>
>On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 08:41  AM, Hugh R wrote:
>
>> Ok, now I'm trying to install numpy, to see if that goes any better. 
>> So I unzip
>> the Numeric--.zip file, and do the python setup.py build, and I get a 
>> whole lot
>> of stray '\' in program error messages from gcc. I know the \ is a line
>> continuation character in python, but its not in C (????)
>>  Whats up with this?
>>
>> thanks
>>
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