--- Pyrex/Compiler/Nodes.py.orig 2007-02-25 00:26:26.000000000 -0500 +++ Pyrex/Compiler/Nodes.py 2007-02-25 00:28:30.000000000 -0500 @@ -2462,9 +2462,9 @@ Py_DECREF(tmp); } if (PyString_Check(type)) { - if (PyErr_Warn(PyExc_DeprecationWarning, + /*if (PyErr_Warn(PyExc_DeprecationWarning, "raising a string exception is deprecated")) - goto raise_error; + goto raise_error; */ } else if (PyType_Check(type) || PyClass_Check(type)) ; /*PyErr_NormalizeException(&type, &value, &tb);*/