Apr 28, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Why does the compiler generate memory operations on the full variable even though only one byte is involved? Raymond Chen Store-to-load forwarding.
Apr 27, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 Static hooking through predefinition Raymond Chen Creating your own hook points.
Apr 26, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 Why are there two incompatible ways of specifying a serial port baud rate? Raymond Chen Toto, I don't think we're on an IBM PC XT any more.
Apr 25, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count2 How do I kill a program that hung with an always-on-top fullscreen window? Raymond Chen Hey, look at that desktop over there.
Apr 24, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 Filtering the Browse for Folder dialog so it shows only drive letters Raymond Chen An exercise in filtering.
Apr 21, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 Application crash reported as security vulnerability, but you never crossed the airtight hatchway Raymond Chen A crash is not a priori a security vulnerability.
Apr 20, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 On generating sentinel pointer values in Windows Raymond Chen That's not a pointer. This is a pointer.
Apr 19, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 Under what conditions could a commit of reserved memory fail? Raymond Chen Usually because you are out of memory, but really it's when you're out of commit.
Apr 18, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 That time a customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Simulator Raymond Chen But whose map is right?
Apr 17, 2017 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 Why does my __FILE__ macro produce an invalid address, which mysteriously becomes valid a few moments later? Raymond Chen It's not there until somebody demands it.