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Guide to predefined macros in C++ compilers (gcc, clang, msvc etc.)
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When writing portable C++ code you need to write conditional code that depends on compiler used or the OS for which the code is written.
Here’s a typical case:
#if defined (_MSC_VER)
// code specific to Visual Studio compiler
#endif
To perform those checks you need to check pre-processor macros that various compilers set.
It can either be binary is defined vs. is not defined check (e.g. __APPLE__) or checking a value of the macro (e.g. _MSC_VER defines version of Visual Studio compiler).
This document describes macros set by various compilers.
Other documentations:

Checking for OS (platform)

To check for which OS the code is compiled:
Linux and Linux-derived           __linux__
Android                           __ANDROID__ (implies __linux__)
Linux (non-Android)               __linux__ && !__ANDROID__
Darwin (Mac OS X and iOS)         __APPLE__
Akaros (http://akaros.org)        __ros__
Windows                           _WIN32
Windows 64 bit                    _WIN64 (implies _WIN32)
NaCL                              __native_client__
AsmJS                             __asmjs__
Fuschia                           __Fuchsia__

Checking the compiler:

To check which compiler is used:
Visual Studio       _MSC_VER
gcc                 __GNUC__
clang               __clang__
emscripten          __EMSCRIPTEN__ (for asm.js and webassembly)
MinGW 32            __MINGW32__
MinGW-w64 32bit     __MINGW32__
MinGW-w64 64bit     __MINGW64__

Checking compiler version

gcc

__GNUC__ (e.g. 5) and __GNUC_MINOR__ (e.g. 1).
To check that this is gcc compiler version 5.1 or greater:
#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC___ > 5 || (__GNUC__ == 5 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1))
// this is gcc 5.1 or greater
#endif
Notice the chack has to be: major > 5 || (major == 5 && minor >= 1). If you only do major == 5 && minor >= 1, it won’t work for version 6.0.

clang

__clang_major__, __clang_minor__, __clang_patchlevel__

Visual Studio

_MSC_VER and _MSC_FULL_VER:
VS                        _MSC_VER   _MSC_FULL_VER
1                         800
3                         900
4                         1000
4                         1020
5                         1100
6                         1200
6 SP6                     1200    12008804
7                         1300    13009466
7.1 (2003)                1310    13103077
8 (2005)                  1400    140050727
9 (2008)                  1500    150021022
9 SP1                     1500    150030729
10 (2010)                 1600    160030319
10 (2010) SP1             1600    160040219
11 (2012)                 1700    170050727
12 (2013)                 1800    180021005
14 (2015)                 1900    190023026
14 (2015 Update 1)        1900    190023506
14 (2015 Update 2)        1900    190023918
14 (2015 Update 3)        1900    190024210
15 (2017 Update 1 & 2)    1910    191025017
15 (2017 Update 3 & 4)    1911
15 (2017 Update 5)        1912
More information:

MinGW

MinGW (aka MinGW32) and MinGW-w64 32bit: __MINGW32_MAJOR_VERSION and __MINGW32_MINOR_VERSION
MinGW-w64 64bit: __MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR and __MINGW64_VERSION_MINOR

Checking processor architecture

gcc

The meaning of those should be self-evident:
Written on Nov 7 2017. Topics: programming, c++.
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