How to install Python package from source on Windows

bartc bc at freeuk.com
Thu May 18 14:30:46 EDT 2017


On 18/05/2017 19:17, bartc wrote:
> On 18/05/2017 18:11, Steve D'Aprano wrote:

>> unsafe dereferencing of type-punned pointers, missing parentheses,
>
> suggested parentheses not missing.

And they are suggested because, in C, when people write a<<b+c they will 
sometimes have assumed it means (a<<b)+c not a<<(b+c).

Since this is generated code, such mistakes are not possible, and the 
translator understands C's precedence levels enough to be able to omit 
unnecessary parentheses.





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