old_contents: def checkNumpy():
      import numpy as np
      v = np.array(np.__version__.split('.')[0:2], dtype=int)
      if v[0] >= 1 and v[1] >= 10:
          return True
      else:
          raise RuntimeWarning('WARNING: Your version of NumPy is below 1.10.x (you are using %s), please update the NumPy module used in ParaView for performance enhancement. Some filters/readers may crash otherwise.' % np.__version__)
          return False
  
  #needToUpdateNumPy = checkNumpy()
  
new_contents: def checkNumpy(warn=True):
      import numpy as np
      v = np.array(np.__version__.split('.')[0:2], dtype=int)
      if v[0] >= 1 and v[1] >= 10:
          return True
      elif warn:
          raise RuntimeWarning('WARNING: Your version of NumPy is below 1.10.x (you are using %s), please update the NumPy module used in ParaView for performance enhancement. Some filters/readers may crash otherwise.' % np.__version__)
      return False
  
  #needToUpdateNumPy = checkNumpy()
  
subject: Make numpy warning optional