supermods and can_moderate()

[nnStaff]

if a user is a super moderator, do they by default have every permission that can_moderate will check for?

I have some code that is checking various can_moderate properties. For simplicity though, I would like to have a catch-all that basically sets my moderator variables all to true if they're a super moderator. If they're not, it can then go check individual permissions. But I want to make sure that a super moderator inherently has all can_moderate() abilities before I do this.

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in addition, what's the easiest way to check and see if a user is a super mod (or higher)