hamzasood added a comment. In https://reviews.llvm.org/D28365#639260, @awson wrote:
> It's weird th[[ URL | name ]]at cl.exe command-line compiler reports version > 19.10.24629 and lives in the 14.10.24629 directory (only first 2 digits are > different). > > Moreover, in their explanation blogpost > <https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2016/10/07/compiler-tools-layout-in-visual-studio-15/> > they claim that //There’s a subdirectory in the MSVC directory with a > compiler version number. For VS 2017 RC, that version number is > 14.10.24629.//, i.e., they name this 14.10.24629 a "compiler version". I'll admit I'm also slightly confused by the difference and maybe someone more familiar with the matter can correct me, but from what I understand: v14 is the toolchain version and v19 is the cl.exe version (i.e. specifically the compiler version). Wikipedia has a useful table <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Visual_Studio#History> showing cl.exe version numbers over the years. I've got no idea why they're kept separate, probably historical reasons. As for the blog post, I can only assume that it's a typo and they meant to say "compiler tools version". https://reviews.llvm.org/D28365 _______________________________________________ cfe-commits mailing list cfe-commits@lists.llvm.org http://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cfe-commits
