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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2016-09-02 19:49:18 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2016-09-06 14:22:38 (GMT)
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Help: Clarify meaning of MSVC<NN> variables
They correspond to toolsets, not VS IDE versions.
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-rw-r--r--Help/variable/MSVC10.rst5
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/MSVC11.rst5
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/MSVC12.rst5
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/MSVC14.rst5
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/MSVC80.rst5
-rw-r--r--Help/variable/MSVC90.rst5
6 files changed, 12 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Help/variable/MSVC10.rst b/Help/variable/MSVC10.rst
index 33692ad..98e0493 100644
--- a/Help/variable/MSVC10.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/MSVC10.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
MSVC10
------
-``True`` when using Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0
-
-Set to ``true`` when the compiler is version 10.0 of Microsoft Visual C++.
+``True`` when using the Microsoft Visual Studio ``v100`` toolset
+(``cl`` version 16) or another compiler that simulates it.
diff --git a/Help/variable/MSVC11.rst b/Help/variable/MSVC11.rst
index 3ab606d..42b7b86 100644
--- a/Help/variable/MSVC11.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/MSVC11.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
MSVC11
------
-``True`` when using Microsoft Visual C++ 11.0
-
-Set to ``true`` when the compiler is version 11.0 of Microsoft Visual C++.
+``True`` when using the Microsoft Visual Studio ``v110`` toolset
+(``cl`` version 17) or another compiler that simulates it.
diff --git a/Help/variable/MSVC12.rst b/Help/variable/MSVC12.rst
index 15fa64b..0648f35 100644
--- a/Help/variable/MSVC12.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/MSVC12.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
MSVC12
------
-``True`` when using Microsoft Visual C++ 12.0.
-
-Set to ``true`` when the compiler is version 12.0 of Microsoft Visual C++.
+``True`` when using the Microsoft Visual Studio ``v120`` toolset
+(``cl`` version 18) or another compiler that simulates it.
diff --git a/Help/variable/MSVC14.rst b/Help/variable/MSVC14.rst
index 0b9125d..f67ebc7 100644
--- a/Help/variable/MSVC14.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/MSVC14.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
MSVC14
------
-``True`` when using Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0.
-
-Set to ``true`` when the compiler is version 14.0 of Microsoft Visual C++.
+``True`` when using the Microsoft Visual Studio ``v140`` toolset
+(``cl`` version 19) or another compiler that simulates it.
diff --git a/Help/variable/MSVC80.rst b/Help/variable/MSVC80.rst
index b17777c..0d33e82 100644
--- a/Help/variable/MSVC80.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/MSVC80.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
MSVC80
------
-``True`` when using Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0.
-
-Set to ``true`` when the compiler is version 8.0 of Microsoft Visual C++.
+``True`` when using the Microsoft Visual Studio ``v80`` toolset
+(``cl`` version 14) or another compiler that simulates it.
diff --git a/Help/variable/MSVC90.rst b/Help/variable/MSVC90.rst
index 7162d6c..1716e6f 100644
--- a/Help/variable/MSVC90.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/MSVC90.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
MSVC90
------
-``True`` when using Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0.
-
-Set to ``true`` when the compiler is version 9.0 of Microsoft Visual C++.
+``True`` when using the Microsoft Visual Studio ``v90`` toolset
+(``cl`` version 15) or another compiler that simulates it.