The Old New Thing

C# and C++ type aliases and their consequences

January 17, 2022 Jan 17, 2022 01/17/22

Raymond Chen

Just some idle thoughts, and what it means for debugging.

Resolving confusion over how to return from a C++ coroutine

January 14, 2022 Jan 14, 2022 01/14/22

Raymond Chen

You have a few options, but you have to stay with it.

The oracle always tells the truth, even when it is wrong: COM method calls with a user-defined type as a return value

January 13, 2022 Jan 13, 2022 01/13/22

Raymond Chen

What you ship becomes the truth.

Standing on the shoulders of giants: Let the compiler tell you what the ABI is

January 12, 2022 Jan 12, 2022 01/12/22

Raymond Chen

Consult the oracle.

Jumping into the middle of an instruction is not as strange as it sounds

January 11, 2022 Jan 11, 2022 01/11/22

Raymond Chen

It's just another trick for saving space.

How can I detect that a thread pool work item is taking too long?

January 10, 2022 Jan 10, 2022 01/10/22

Raymond Chen

Call in a watchdog.

How do I upgrade a 32-bit tick count to a 64-bit one?

January 7, 2022 Jan 7, 2022 01/7/22

Raymond Chen

Fortunately, there's a 64-bit one sitting nearby.

Filling in some gaps in the story of Space Cadet Pinball on 64-bit Windows

January 6, 2022 Jan 6, 2022 01/6/22

Raymond Chen

The story as I experienced it.

How do I prevent folder verbs intended for file system directories from showing up in my shell extension’s virtual folder’s context menu?

January 5, 2022 Jan 5, 2022 01/5/22

Raymond Chen

They shouldn't be there in the first place.

My Excel spreadsheet doesn’t scroll even though I can use the arrows to move around

January 4, 2022 Jan 4, 2022 01/4/22

Raymond Chen

Freeze, and put your hands up!