The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

Virtual desktops are an end-user window management feature, not a programmatic one

Virtual desktops are an end-user window management feature, not a programmatic one

Raymond ChenNovember 23, 2020Nov 23, 202011/23/20

It's for users to organize their windows, not for programs to organize them.

How thread-safe is the Windows Runtime PropertySet object?

How thread-safe is the Windows Runtime PropertySet object?

Raymond ChenNovember 20, 2020Nov 20, 202011/20/20

It's thread-safe as far as it goes, but you may want to go further.

Other uses for the -library flag of the C++/WinRT compiler

Other uses for the -library flag of the C++/WinRT compiler

Raymond ChenNovember 19, 2020Nov 19, 202011/19/20

Injecting a little something extra.

On combining static libraries that implement C++/WinRT activatable objects

On combining static libraries that implement C++/WinRT activatable objects

Raymond ChenNovember 18, 2020Nov 18, 202011/18/20

Separating the shared names, so you can combine them yourself.

One senior executive’s warning about escalating conflicts to upper management

One senior executive’s warning about escalating conflicts to upper management

Raymond ChenNovember 17, 2020Nov 17, 202011/17/20

You're not gonna like what you get.

Why does my command line redirection echo with an extra 1? Who’s inserting these rogue 1s everywhere?

Why does my command line redirection echo with an extra 1? Who’s inserting these rogue 1s everywhere?

Raymond ChenNovember 16, 2020Nov 16, 202011/16/20

It just came out of nowhere, or did it?

The history of the EncodePointer function for obfuscating pointers

The history of the EncodePointer function for obfuscating pointers

Raymond ChenNovember 13, 2020Nov 13, 202011/13/20

Still useful, but less painful.

Destructing outside the lock when removing items from C++ standard containers

Destructing outside the lock when removing items from C++ standard containers

Raymond ChenNovember 12, 2020Nov 12, 202011/12/20

Managing the order of destruction.

My strategy for playing Settlers of Catan

My strategy for playing Settlers of Catan

Raymond ChenNovember 11, 2020Nov 11, 202011/11/20

It doesn't work, but I use it anyway.

The hidden callout: The destructor

The hidden callout: The destructor

Raymond ChenNovember 11, 2020Nov 11, 202011/11/20

You may not know where that's going to lead.