[Pytables-users] pytables-latest win32 Python-2.4

[Waldemar O. <wal...@gm...>]

Recently I have set up my machine for compiling pytables on WindowsXP
with Python-2.4.
To confirm that my environment is OK I have compiled pytables-0.9.1
and run test_all.
The tests passed.
Unfortunately when I have tried to compile pytables-latest from daily
snapshots provided by Carabos they failed with:

building 'tables.hdf5Extension' extension
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\bin\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox
 /MD /W3 /GX /DNDEBUG -DWIN32=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -D_HDF5USEDLL_=1 -Ic:\gnu\src\hdf5\in
clude -Ic:\python\python24\include -Ic:\python\python24\PC /Tcsrc/typeconv.c /Fo
build\temp.win32-2.4\Release\src/typeconv.obj
typeconv.c
src\typeconv.c(45) : error C2036: 'void *' : unknown size
src\typeconv.c(51) : warning C4013: 'lround' undefined; assuming
extern returning int
src\typeconv.c(62) : error C2036: 'void *' : unknown size
error: command '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
2003\Vc7\bin\cl.exe"' failed with exit status 2

I completely understand that pytables-latest is just a development
version and it can fail.
The only purpose of this email is to indicate that there is a potential problem.

Waldemar