Can I treat a specific warning as an error?

Question

The following is a simplified version of a pattern I sometimes see in my students\' code:

bool foobar(int a, int b)
{
    if (a < b) return true;
}
         


        

Answer 1

Set the compiler warning level to level 4 (in Visual Studio) and it will treat all warnings as errors. It is good practice to have your students compile their code with no warnings and no errors anyway :)

Also, turn on the /WX compiler option.