Re: [boost] [challenge] detect MSVC8 SP1 with the preprocessor

on Wed Sep 12 2007, Tobias Schwinger <tschwinger-AT-isonews2.com> wrote:

Hello,

as you probably know there's a Service Pack for Visual Studio 2005 which fixes a significant number of bugs.

Unfortunately _MSC_VER is 1400 for MSVC8 with and without Service Pack, so there is no straightforward way for a library to find out whether SP1 fixes are available or not.

See _MSC_FULL_VER :) -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com The Astoria Seminar ==> http://www.astoriaseminar.com