Introducing ‘Vector Calling Convention’

Ankit AsthanaJuly 11, 2013Jul 11, 201307/11/13

Introduction In VS2013 (download here), we have introduced a new calling convention known as 'Vector Calling Convention' but before we go on and introduce the new calling convention let us take a look at the lay of the land today. There are multiple calling conventions that exist today, especially on x86 platform. The x64 platform ha

C++ REST SDK 1.1.0 is now available

Sana MithaniJuly 10, 2013Jul 10, 201307/10/13

C++ REST SDK 1.1.0 has been released on CodePlex.  This version of the C++ REST SDK reintroduces the much anticipated the HTTP Listener library. Developers can now complete their REST story by creating their own server to respond to requests sent by client applications. For more information about this release and to view the sources, visi

Intercepting HTTP Request/Response using C++ Rest HTTP Library

Kavya KotacherryJuly 10, 2013Jul 10, 201307/10/13

We released the C++ REST SDK (codename "Casablanca") as an open source project on CodePlex in Feb 2013. It enables writing modern, asynchronous C++ code that can connect with REST services. Using the C++ REST SDK, you can create an HTTP client that can connect to HTTP server, send requests and handle responses. The following links are pre-requ

Optimizing C++ Code : Constant-Folding

Jim HoggJuly 4, 2013Jul 4, 201307/4/13

If you have arrived in the middle of this blog series, you might want instead to begin at the beginning.This post examines Constant-Folding – one of the simplest optimizations performed by the VC++ compiler.  In this optimization, the compiler works out the result of an expression while it is compiling (at “compile-time”