A warning in C, C++ is the compiler saying "this is terribly broken, won't do what you want and I will exploit this". As opposed to an error, which means "I do

A warning in C, C++ is the compiler saying "this is terribly broken, won't do what you want and I will exploit this". As opposed to an error, which means "I don't even know what you mean". Taking warnings lightly isn't the way to go in C or C++.