Building PHP. Clean builds. Noisy redefines.

Hi. Probably much to all your annoyance, I've finally managed to compile PHP on windows and I have a few questions.I'm very much just learning. I notice that there are a LOT of warnings when I'm compiling. The huge majority are benign. But, is there a reason to not fix the issue and make the code unambiguous? Things like (just grabbed from screen) ... main\streams\userspace.c(823) : warning C4244: '=' : conversion from 'long' to '_ino_t', possible loss of data main\streams\userspace.c(824) : warning C4244: '=' : conversion from 'long' to 'unsigned short', possible loss of data main\streams\userspace.c(825) : warning C4244: '=' : conversion from 'long' to 'short', possible loss of data The way I look at this, is that a long was used for some reason, so, theoretically, it could hold a value which cannot be converted to the destination type without a problem. Another warning is that some of the constants are redefined to a different value from the ones that are part of the compiler. The /TRSM/readdir.h, _WIN32_WINNT is redefined from 0x0600 in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1\include\sdkddkver.h(186). This 1 #define causes a LOT of noise during compilation. I know I could suppress all the warnings, but with so much noise, how does anyone see the true warnings in the noise? By adding a #undef _WIN32_WINNT before #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0400, this removes the warning. It is more or less every .c compile. Regards, Richard Quadling. -- ----- Richard Quadling Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!"