@@ -147,6 +147,14 @@ def get_compiler_settings(version_str):
         # OS/X now ships with iODBC.
         settings['libraries'].append('iodbc')
 
+        # Apple has decided they won't maintain the iODBC system in OS/X and has added deprecation warnings in 10.8.
+        # For now target 10.7 to eliminate the warnings.
+
+        # Python functions take a lot of 'char *' that really should be const.  gcc complains about this *a lot*
+        settings['extra_compile_args'] = ['-Wno-write-strings', '-Wno-deprecated-declarations']
+
+        settings['define_macros'].append( ('MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_7',) )
+
     else:
         # Other posix-like: Linux, Solaris, etc.
 
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class DataBuffer
         I(bufferOwner == 0);
         PyObject* result = PyUnicode_FromSQLWCHAR((const SQLWCHAR*)buffer, bytesUsed / element_size);
         if (result == 0)
-            return false;
+            return 0;
         pyodbc_free(buffer);
         buffer = 0;
         return result;
 
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static char* CreateDecimalString(long sign, PyObject* digits, long exp)
     long count = (long)PyTuple_GET_SIZE(digits);
 
     char* pch;
-    int len;
+    long len;
 
     if (exp >= 0)
     {
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static char* CreateDecimalString(long sign, PyObject* digits, long exp)`
`343`	`343`	`long count = (long)PyTuple_GET_SIZE(digits);`
`344`	`344`
`345`	`345`	`char* pch;`
`346`		`- int len;`
	`346`	`+ long len;`
`347`	`347`
`348`	`348`	`if (exp >= 0)`
`349`	`349`	`{`