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diff --git a/Help/generator/VS_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCH.txt b/Help/generator/VS_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCH.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..58e9223 --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/generator/VS_TOOLSET_HOST_ARCH.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +For each toolset that comes with this version of Visual Studio, there are +variants that are themselves compiled for 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) hosts +(independent of the architecture they target). By default Visual Studio +chooses the 32-bit variant even on a 64-bit host. One may request use of the +64-bit host tools by adding ``host=x64`` to the toolset specification: + +``host=x64`` + Select the 64-bit variant of the default toolset. +``<toolset>,host=x64`` + Select the 64-bit variant of the ``<toolset>`` toolset. |