C / C++ compiler warnings: do you clean up all your code to remove them or leave them in?

Question

I\'ve worked on many projects where I\'ve been given code by others to update. More often than not I compile it and get about 1,000+ compiler warnings. When I see compiler w

Answer 1

The codebase I work on has over 4000 warnings. Some of them are legit problems. We never are given time to go in and fix them, nor refactor other broken things... Partly, this is because the code is so old it predates standardized C++. We can only compile in VC++ 6.