diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp
index 4a9a0f158122488ef0272f86b87eec0696e174d8..5dc1c03ee9338a1aeb8c585140abc58b898024b5 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp
@@ -199,11 +199,11 @@ CV_EXPORTS ErrorCallback redirectError( ErrorCallback errCallback,
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #define CV_Error( code, msg ) cv::error( cv::Exception(code, msg, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__) )
 #define CV_Error_( code, args ) cv::error( cv::Exception(code, cv::format args, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__) )
-#define CV_Assert( expr ) do { if(!(expr)) cv::error( cv::Exception(CV_StsAssert, #expr, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__) ); } while(0)
+#define CV_Assert( expr ) if((expr)) ; else cv::error( cv::Exception(CV_StsAssert, #expr, __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__) )
 #else
 #define CV_Error( code, msg ) cv::error( cv::Exception(code, msg, "", __FILE__, __LINE__) )
 #define CV_Error_( code, args ) cv::error( cv::Exception(code, cv::format args, "", __FILE__, __LINE__) )
-#define CV_Assert( expr ) do { if(!(expr)) cv::error( cv::Exception(CV_StsAssert, #expr, "", __FILE__, __LINE__) ); } while(0)
+#define CV_Assert( expr ) if((expr)) ; else cv::error( cv::Exception(CV_StsAssert, #expr, "", __FILE__, __LINE__) )
 #endif
     
 #ifdef _DEBUG
diff --git a/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp b/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp
index fe4028be93313ec8f12e4b6d7cb911a4a0c5c211..7de62d817574e9534bf51984e645172ddf790022 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp
@@ -147,15 +147,16 @@ static void updateContinuityFlag(Mat& m)
 static void finalizeHdr(Mat& m)
 {
     updateContinuityFlag(m);
-    if( m.dims > 2 )
+    int d = m.dims;
+    if( d > 2 )
         m.rows = m.cols = -1;
     if( m.data )
     {
         m.datalimit = m.datastart + m.size[0]*m.step[0];
         if( m.size[0] > 0 )
         {
-            m.dataend = m.data;
-            for( int i = 0; i < m.dims; i++ )
+            m.dataend = m.data + m.size[d-1]*m.step[d-1];
+            for( int i = 0; i < d-1; i++ )
                 m.dataend += (m.size[i] - 1)*m.step[i];
         }
         else
@@ -599,7 +600,7 @@ void Mat::push_back(const Mat& elems)
 
     
 Mat cvarrToMat(const CvArr* arr, bool copyData,
-               bool allowND, int coiMode)
+               bool /*allowND*/, int coiMode)
 {
     if( !arr )
         return Mat();
diff --git a/modules/highgui/include/opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp b/modules/highgui/include/opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp
index 4a0aa45dec639761331582a661b8b32252c9a55a..305610ac74d86b88c6f876b07d71fc68e036b42c 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/include/opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp
+++ b/modules/highgui/include/opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public:
     
     virtual bool grab();
     virtual bool retrieve(CV_OUT Mat& image, int channel=0);
-    virtual CV_WRAP_AS(query) VideoCapture& operator >> (Mat& image);
+    virtual VideoCapture& operator >> (Mat& image);
     
     virtual bool set(int propId, double value);
     virtual double get(int propId);
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public:
     virtual bool open(const string& filename, int fourcc, double fps,
                       Size frameSize, bool isColor=true);
     virtual bool isOpened() const;
-    virtual CV_WRAP_AS(write) VideoWriter& operator << (const Mat& image);
+    virtual VideoWriter& operator << (const Mat& image);
     
 protected:
     Ptr<CvVideoWriter> writer;
diff --git a/modules/imgproc/src/color.cpp b/modules/imgproc/src/color.cpp
index a622c4fb7aa286fe206bbfcf908751a5e5538879..e2ca7cc13aa833bf25df5d34671fb8a6c8151f84 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/src/color.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/src/color.cpp
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ struct HSV2RGB_b
     typedef uchar channel_type;
     
     HSV2RGB_b(int _dstcn, int _blueIdx, int _hrange)
-    : dstcn(_dstcn), cvt(3, _blueIdx, _hrange)
+    : dstcn(_dstcn), cvt(3, _blueIdx, (float)_hrange)
     {}
     
     void operator()(const uchar* src, uchar* dst, int n) const
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ struct HLS2RGB_b
     typedef uchar channel_type;
     
     HLS2RGB_b(int _dstcn, int _blueIdx, int _hrange)
-    : dstcn(_dstcn), cvt(3, _blueIdx, _hrange)
+    : dstcn(_dstcn), cvt(3, _blueIdx, (float)_hrange)
     {}
     
     void operator()(const uchar* src, uchar* dst, int n) const
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ struct RGB2Luv_f
             
             float d = (4*13) / std::max(X + 15 * Y + 3 * Z, FLT_EPSILON);            
             float u = L*(X*d - _un);
-            float v = L*((9*0.25)*Y*d - _vn);
+            float v = L*((9*0.25f)*Y*d - _vn);
             
             dst[i] = L; dst[i+1] = u; dst[i+2] = v;
         }
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ struct Luv2RGB_f
             v = v*d + _vn;
             float iv = 1.f/v;
             X = 2.25f * u * Y * iv ;
-            Z = (12 - 3 * u - 20 * v) * Y * 0.25 * iv;                
+            Z = (12 - 3 * u - 20 * v) * Y * 0.25f * iv;                
                         
             float R = X*C0 + Y*C1 + Z*C2;
             float G = X*C3 + Y*C4 + Z*C5;