Add a release note for the preprocessor changes

derobins · Oct 18, 2024 · da72f68 · da72f68
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@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ New Features
 
     Configuration:
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+    - Dropped support for the traditional MSVC preprocessor
+
+      Visual Studio has recently started using a standards-compliant
+      preprocessor (In VS2019+) and this is the default in C11.
+
+      https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/preprocessor/preprocessor-experimental-overview?view=msvc-170
+
+      Because of this, we've dropped support for the traditional
+      MSVC preprocessor.
+
     - The standard for building the library is now C11
 
       We have updated the build files to set the C standard to C11, though