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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/msvc_cplusplus_define.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/msvc_cplusplus_define.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eabfbe8 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/msvc_cplusplus_define.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +## MSVC now sets the __cplusplus #define accurately + +For reasons, MSVC will always return `199711L` for `__cplusplus`, even when a +newer c++ standard is explicitly requested, unless you pass a specific option to +the compiler for MSVC 2017 15.7 and newer. Older versions are unaffected by +this. Meson now always sets the option if it is available, as it is unlikley +that users want the default behavior. |