How to #ifdef by CompilerType ? GCC or VC++

c conditional-compilation
cnd picture cnd · Feb 28, 2013 · Viewed 24.3k times · Source

I used #ifdef Win32 for safe calls alike sprintf_s but now I want to build project with MinGW and it's just wrong now. I need to use #ifdef VC++ or somehow like that. Is it possible?

Answer

Aniket Inge picture Aniket Inge · Feb 28, 2013 
#ifdef __clang__
/*code specific to clang compiler*/
#elif __GNUC__
/*code for GNU C compiler */
#elif _MSC_VER
/*usually has the version number in _MSC_VER*/
/*code specific to MSVC compiler*/
#elif __BORLANDC__
/*code specific to borland compilers*/
#elif __MINGW32__
/*code specific to mingw compilers*/
#endif

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