Merge topic 'msvc-doc-fix'

efe22af2 Help: Clarify MSVC and MSVC_VERSION variables

Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !1732
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Brad King
2018-02-01 13:07:46 +00:00
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MSVC
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``True`` when using Microsoft Visual C++.
Set to ``true`` when the compiler is some version of Microsoft Visual C++.
Set to ``true`` when the compiler is some version of Microsoft Visual
C++ or another compiler simulating Visual C++. Any compiler defining
``_MSC_VER`` is considered simulating Visual C++.
See also the :variable:`MSVC_VERSION` variable.
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The version of Microsoft Visual C/C++ being used if any.
If a compiler simulating Visual C++ is being used, this variable is set
to the toolset version simulated as given by the ``_MSC_VER``
preprocessor definition.
Known version numbers are::