The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Guessing window procedure magic cookies

It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Guessing window procedure magic cookies

Raymond Chen September 6, 2019 Sep 6, 2019 09/6/19

You created a very funny-looking function pointer.

Making the <CODE>COM_</CODE><CODE>INTERFACE_</CODE><CODE>ENTRY</CODE> macro better at detecting misuse

Making the `COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY` macro better at detecting misuse

Raymond Chen September 5, 2019 Sep 5, 2019 09/5/19

Playing around with compile-time errors.

The <CODE>COM_</CODE><CODE>INTERFACE_</CODE><CODE>ENTRY</CODE> must be a COM interface, but nobody actually checks

The `COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY` must be a COM interface, but nobody actually checks

Raymond Chen September 4, 2019 Sep 4, 2019 09/4/19

And if it isn't, bad things happen.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a bomb

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a bomb

Raymond Chen September 3, 2019 Sep 3, 2019 09/3/19

Even though it doesn't tick. Do bombs even tick?

Silly Alexa trick: Speaking French with a horrible American accent

Silly Alexa trick: Speaking French with a horrible American accent

Raymond Chen September 2, 2019 Sep 2, 2019 09/2/19

Asking for a repeat, but in a different speech synthesizer.

If FlushInstructionCache doesn’t do anything, why do you have to call it, revisited

If FlushInstructionCache doesn’t do anything, why do you have to call it, revisited

Raymond Chen September 2, 2019 Sep 2, 2019 09/2/19

The elixir of forgetfulness.