From a756c74da58196f670633c1d08840dc6e3d62fea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brad King Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 15:49:18 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Help: Clarify meaning of MSVC variables They correspond to toolsets, not VS IDE versions. --- Help/variable/MSVC10.rst | 5 ++--- Help/variable/MSVC11.rst | 5 ++--- Help/variable/MSVC12.rst | 5 ++--- Help/variable/MSVC14.rst | 5 ++--- Help/variable/MSVC80.rst | 5 ++--- Help/variable/MSVC90.rst | 5 ++--- 6 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/Help/variable/MSVC10.rst b/Help/variable/MSVC10.rst index 33692ad20..98e0493d3 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 3ab606d41..42b7b866a 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 15fa64b96..0648f351a 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 0b9125de6..f67ebc75c 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 b17777c79..0d33e826a 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 7162d6c4e..1716e6f3f 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.