Jan 31, 2023
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Inside C++/WinRT: Apartment switching: Error reporting
If you can't get back to where you started, who you gonna call?
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Jan 30, 2023
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Inside C++/WinRT: Apartment switching: COM without COM
Also known as Nano-COM.
Jan 27, 2023
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Inside C++/WinRT: Apartment switching: Unwinding the stack
Reducing stack usage.
Jan 26, 2023
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Inside C++/WinRT: Apartment switching: Bypassing the context callback
Reducing stack usage.
Jan 25, 2023
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Inside C++/WinRT: Apartment switching: Unblocking the outgoing thread
Avoiding the problem of the synchronous apartment-changing callback: Let the outgoing thread do whatever it wants to do next.
Jan 24, 2023
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Inside C++/WinRT: Apartment switching: The basic idea
Getting back to where you started.
Jan 23, 2023
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Inside C++/WinRT: Coroutine completions: The oversimplified version
Resuming the coroutine when the asynchronous work completes.
Jan 20, 2023
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How can I call a method on a derived class from a base class, say, to get a strong reference to the containing object?
A variety of patterns are available.
Jan 19, 2023
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Windows Runtime asynchronous operations can fail in two different ways, so make sure you get them both
Fail me now or fail me later.
Jan 18, 2023
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It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Attacking a user by modifying that user’s files
You're just attacking yourself.