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diff --git a/Help/variable/MSVC.rst b/Help/variable/MSVC.rst index 22a087a..ca8775c 100644 --- a/Help/variable/MSVC.rst +++ b/Help/variable/MSVC.rst @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ MSVC ---- -``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. diff --git a/Help/variable/MSVC_VERSION.rst b/Help/variable/MSVC_VERSION.rst index 0a3a7a6..5f70c02 100644 --- a/Help/variable/MSVC_VERSION.rst +++ b/Help/variable/MSVC_VERSION.rst @@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ 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:: |