define __VISUALCn__ for n=5,6,7,8,9 and not only 8; also document these symbols

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@@ -149,7 +149,10 @@ to the compiler version: $500$ is $5.0$.}
 \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
 \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}
+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.}
 \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.}