[Python-Dev] -Dwarn, long->double overflow (was RE: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.219,1.220)

Thomas Wouters thomas@xs4all.net
Mon, 3 Sep 2001 00:10:45 +0200


On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 05:28:13PM -0400, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> I think I'll go for something stupid and simple now, like just using
> -q to turn on division warnings, and nothing else (the -Dnew option is
> not very useful I think).

I'm fine with a single option, but I'd like to note two things: we already
have a command line option to turn on specific warnings, do we really need
another ? And -q, to me, *screams* 'quiet', exactly the wrong thing... How
about -Q instead, if we really need a separate option for it ?

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