> On Nov 4, 2019, at 6:06 AM, Marc Espie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 02:32:03AM +0900, Daniel Dickman wrote:
>>> clang doesn't error out, gcc does.
>>> Why does numpy use gcc?
>>
>> Because that’s what upstream recommends in their docs.
>>
>> “Note that NumPy is developed mainly using GNU compilers. Compilers from
>> other vendors such as Intel, Absoft, Sun, NAG, Compaq, Vast, Portland,
>> Lahey, HP, IBM, Microsoft are only supported in the form of community
>> feedback, and may not work out of the box. GCC 4.x (and later) compilers are
>> recommended.”
>>
>> See: https://numpy.org/devdocs/user/building.html
>
> That's probably not a good enough reason, especially considering how many
> security improvements are in base clang as opposed to base gcc...
Marc please take it up with upstream not me.
