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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / cppconst.tex

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@@ -147,9 +147,13 @@ to the compiler version: $500$ is $5.0$.}
 \twocolitem{\_\_SUNCC\_\_}{Sun CC, see also \helpref{wxCHECK\_SUNCC\_VERSION}{wxchecksunccversion}}
 \twocolitem{\_\_SYMANTECC\_\_}{Symantec C++}
 \twocolitem{\_\_VISAGECPP\_\_}{IBM Visual Age (OS/2)}
-\twocolitem{\_\_VISUALC\_\_}{Microsoft Visual C++. The value of this macro
-corresponds to the compiler version: $1020$ for $4.2$ (the first supported
-version), $1100$ for $5.0$, $1200$ for $6.0$ and so on}
+\twocolitem{\_\_VISUALC\_\_}{Microsoft Visual C++, see also
+\helpref{wxCHECK\_VISUALC\_VERSION}{wxcheckvisualcversion}. The value of this
+macro corresponds to the compiler version: $1020$ for $4.2$ (the first supported
+version), $1100$ for $5.0$, $1200$ for $6.0$ and so on. For convenience, the
+symbols \_\_VISUALCn\_\_ are also defined for each major compiler version from
+5 to 9, i.e. you can use tests such \texttt{#ifdef \_\_VISUALC7\_\_} to test
+for compiler version being precisely 7.}
 \twocolitem{\_\_XLC\_\_}{AIX compiler}
 \twocolitem{\_\_WATCOMC\_\_}{Watcom C++. The value of this macro corresponds to
 the compiler version, $1100$ is $11.0$ and $1200$ is OpenWatcom.}