- add note about v2 mode and compiler detection

Signed-off-by: SSE4 <[email protected]>
garethsb · Jul 30, 2020 · 8b7c633 · 8b7c633
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diff --git a/reference/conan_v2_mode.rst b/reference/conan_v2_mode.rst
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   Previously, if it was not explicit, it was using lowercase ``cpp_info.name`` when it was different
   from the package name.
 
+* New compiler detection algorithm is used (e.g. when running ``conan profile new <name> --detect``).
+  Previously, ``<compiler> --version`` was parsed to detect the compiler and its version. Now, if you're running
+  ``CONAN_V2_MODE``, conan will try to detect the compiler and its version via compiler's built-in macro definitions.
 
 .. note::