The Old New Thing

The 2022/2023 Seattle Symphony subscription season at a glance

March 25, 2022 Mar 25, 2022 03/25/22

Raymond Chen

The pocket reference guide for 2022/2023.

Behind C++/WinRT: How does C++/WinRT get the list of implemented interfaces?

March 25, 2022 Mar 25, 2022 03/25/22

Raymond Chen

Doing some template metaprogramming reverse engineering.

Behind C++/WinRT: How does C++/WinRT decide which interfaces are implemented?

March 24, 2022 Mar 24, 2022 03/24/22

Raymond Chen

Finding the code that does the interface detection.

Why does C++/WinRT say that first_interface is not a member of winrt::impl::interface_list<>?

March 23, 2022 Mar 23, 2022 03/23/22

Raymond Chen

An empty list has no first element, but why is the list empty?

A hypothetical magical musical power: The one-piece wonder

March 22, 2022 Mar 22, 2022 03/22/22

Raymond Chen

You can play one thing well, but only one.

How do I un-ignore an Outlook email thread, and how does it work?

March 22, 2022 Mar 22, 2022 03/22/22

Raymond Chen

A peek under the covers.

Injected class names: The C++ feature you didn’t even realize that you were using

March 21, 2022 Mar 21, 2022 03/21/22

Raymond Chen

Simplifying the name of what you are.

Making our multiple-interface query more C++-like, part 2

March 18, 2022 Mar 18, 2022 03/18/22

Raymond Chen

Letting you specify which interfaces are required and which are optional.

Making our multiple-interface query more C++-like, part 1

March 17, 2022 Mar 17, 2022 03/17/22

Raymond Chen

Maybe we can write a nice wrapper.

Reducing chattiness by querying for multiple interfaces at once, part 2

March 16, 2022 Mar 16, 2022 03/16/22

Raymond Chen

You can just load them into the cache.