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Help: Clarify MSVC and MSVC_VERSION variables

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The current documentation doesn't clarify that compilers simulating
Visual C++ will also have these variables set.
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Christian Pfeiffer
2018-01-31 18:20:13 +01:00
committed by Brad King
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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::