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diff --git a/Help/variable/MSVC_VERSION.rst b/Help/variable/MSVC_VERSION.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cbb3a3c --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/variable/MSVC_VERSION.rst @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +MSVC_VERSION +------------ + +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:: + + 1200 = VS 6.0 + 1300 = VS 7.0 + 1310 = VS 7.1 + 1400 = VS 8.0 (v80 toolset) + 1500 = VS 9.0 (v90 toolset) + 1600 = VS 10.0 (v100 toolset) + 1700 = VS 11.0 (v110 toolset) + 1800 = VS 12.0 (v120 toolset) + 1900 = VS 14.0 (v140 toolset) + 1910-1919 = VS 15.0 (v141 toolset) + 1920-1929 = VS 16.0 (v142 toolset) + 1930-1939 = VS 17.0 (v143 toolset) + +See also the :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_VERSION` and +:variable:`MSVC_TOOLSET_VERSION` variable. |