Message 76585 - Python tracker
The new patch attached renamed Py_GCC_ATTRIBUTE to Py_GCC_FORMAT_ATTRIBUTE. As Roumen pointed out, "the current python code use Py_GCC_ATTRIBUTE only for 'format(printf(...)) ' attribute.", so this change should not be no harm itself. Because a GCC attribute was/will be introduced in different version of GCC, we cannot have generic Py_GCC_ATTRIBUTE easily. You can find availability of a attribute at http://www.ohse.de/uwe/articles/gcc-attributes.html http://www.ohse.de/uwe/articles/gcc-attributes.html