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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2021-01-08 14:12:36 (GMT)
committerKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>2021-01-08 14:12:47 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'reword_MSVC_documentation'
1185438ea8 Help: Reword the MSVC variable documentation focusing on cl.exe compatibility Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !5676
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MSVC
----
-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++.
+Set to ``true`` when the compiler is some version of Microsoft Visual C++
+or another compiler simulating the Visual C++ ``cl`` command-line syntax.
See also the :variable:`MSVC_VERSION` variable.