Does "Suppress warnings and errors" imply "all" ?

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Zoli

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Does "Suppress warnings and errors during compilation" imply the word "all" as in "Suppress all warnings and errors during compilation"?

Context: compilation is the process of translating code to machine language in programming.
 

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Would some errors be okay?
 

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Does "Suppress warnings and errors during compilation" imply the word "all" as in "Suppress all warnings and errors during compilation"?

Context: compilation is the process of translating code to machine language in programming.
It could be some or it could be all, without the "all" stated.
 

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Does "Suppress warnings and errors during compilation" imply the word "all" as in "Suppress all warnings and errors during compilation"?

Context: compilation is the process of translating code to machine language in programming.

No.
Many warnings and errors cannot be surpassed because they prevent your software to run properly. In order to obtain a running software immediately, some of the errors and warnings would be suppressed in some conditions. The warnings and errors to be suppressed is determined by your compiler. You should check your compiler to get which warnings or errors to be suppressed.
 

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Having written and debugged computer programs in my youth, I'd say the answer is clearly yes, it means suppress all such messages. However, @tahasozgen is right: you may well end up with object code that runs incorrectly if it runs at all.
 
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