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The standard includes macros line _____LINE_____ & _____FILE_____, and C99 adds _____FUNCTION_____ which is technically not part of C++ yet.
What additional ones does MSVC++ add which are useful/cool? I found _____FUNCTION_____ is supported but are there any other totally MS-specific ones worth knowing about?
MSDN has a list of all of the predefined macros used by Visual C++.
The most widely used is arguably
_WIN32, which can be used for conditionally including Windows-specific headers and functionality in cross-platform software._MSC_VERdefines the compiler version number and is useful if you need to rely on functionality introduced in a more recent version of the compiler or need to work around a bug that existed in an older version.