The Old New Thing

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

November 16, 2020 Nov 16, 2020 11/16/20

Raymond Chen

It just came out of nowhere, or did it?

The history of the EncodePointer function for obfuscating pointers

November 13, 2020 Nov 13, 2020 11/13/20

Raymond Chen

Still useful, but less painful.

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

November 12, 2020 Nov 12, 2020 11/12/20

Raymond Chen

Managing the order of destruction.

My strategy for playing Settlers of Catan

November 11, 2020 Nov 11, 2020 11/11/20

Raymond Chen

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

The hidden callout: The destructor

November 11, 2020 Nov 11, 2020 11/11/20

Raymond Chen

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

The prank cursor that resulted in an employee being fired before they even started

November 10, 2020 Nov 10, 2020 11/10/20

Raymond Chen

Don't try this at home.

Why aren’t my custom backgrounds, animations, and colors working, such as ApplicationViewTitleBar colors?

November 9, 2020 Nov 9, 2020 11/9/20

Raymond Chen

You're subject to user and system policy.

How do I save a C++/WinRT array_view as a com_array?

November 6, 2020 Nov 6, 2020 11/6/20

Raymond Chen

There's a not-entirely-obvious constructor for that.

What’s the point of APTTYPE_CURRENT? I mean, of course I’m current.

November 5, 2020 Nov 5, 2020 11/5/20

Raymond Chen

No matter where you go, there you are.

What is the format of the data in the AudioBuffer memory buffer, and how do I convert it to something else?

November 4, 2020 Nov 4, 2020 11/4/20

Raymond Chen

It's a bunch of floating point samples, in a particular order.