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Clarify behavior for suppressing warnings against inner namespaces. #12896

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Clarify behavior for suppressing warnings against inner namespaces.
Justin-Nietzel Jul 22, 2026
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Change 'nor' to 'or'.
Justin-Nietzel Jul 23, 2026
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion xml/System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis/SuppressMessageAttribute.xml
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Expand Up @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ The <xref:System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute.Scope> proper
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| `"member"` | Suppresses warnings against a member. |
| `"module"` | Suppresses warnings against an assembly. It is a global suppression that applies to the entire project. |
| `"namespace"` | This scope suppresses warnings against the namespace itself. It does not suppress warnings against types within the namespace. |
| `"namespace"` | This scope suppresses warnings against the namespace itself. It does not suppress warnings against types within the namespace or inner namespaces. |
| `"namespaceanddescendants"` | Suppresses warnings in a namespace and all its descendant symbols. This value is ignored by [legacy code analysis](/visualstudio/code-quality/static-code-analysis-for-managed-code-overview). |
| `"type"` | Suppresses warnings against a type. |

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