From: eldiener@tropicsoft.invalid   
      
   On 3/21/2012 2:36 PM, Andreas Weis wrote:   
   > On 21.Mar.12 00:17, Martin B. wrote:   
   >> Warning Level 4 is just basically unusable. If you have   
   >> even one piece of legacy code, it's sure to create lots and lots of   
   >> useless false positives, where you're not even sure how to begin to   
   >> resolve them.   
   >   
   > It's true that /W4 can be a bit noisy with certain third-party   
   > libraries, but in my opinion it's still very much manageable (most of   
   > Boost compiles clean, as do the Windows headers).   
   > Especially if you are aiming for conformance with the ISO standard, /W3   
   > is not good enough, since it does not warn when using language   
   extensions.   
   >   
   > On the other hand /Wall is a real pain in VC. With that option not even   
   > the headers of the standard library compile without complaints.   
      
   The Windows headers themselves produce a plethora of warnings with   
   /Wall. It's just unusable.   
      
      
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