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| author | Tyler Reddy <tyler.je.reddy@gmail.com> | 2019-01-17 08:42:42 -0800 |
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| committer | Tyler Reddy <tyler.je.reddy@gmail.com> | 2019-01-18 09:19:33 -0800 |
| commit | 189f007f5178c52e68d3acddd6f8545a82eb71d0 (patch) | |
| tree | d62c6c7f075d8fd63f22cb1d887e464a465d23c1 /doc | |
| parent | 5b22ee427e17706e3b765cf6c65e924d89f3bfce (diff) | |
| download | numpy-189f007f5178c52e68d3acddd6f8545a82eb71d0.tar.gz | |
DOC: document C99 requirement in dev guide [ci skip]
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diff --git a/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst b/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst index aa4326f63..f9b438bfd 100644 --- a/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst +++ b/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Recommended development setup Since NumPy contains parts written in C and Cython that need to be compiled before use, make sure you have the necessary compilers and Python -development headers installed - see :ref:`building-from-source`. +development headers installed - see :ref:`building-from-source`. Building +NumPy as of version ``1.17`` requires a C99 compliant compiler. For +some older compilers this may require ``export CFLAGS='-std=c99'``. Having compiled code also means that importing NumPy from the development sources needs some additional steps, which are explained below. For the rest |