Nov 16, 2023 0 1 What happened to the custom exception description I threw from a C++/WinRT IAsyncAction? Raymond Chen The description is just a courtesy and is not part of the API contract.
Nov 15, 2023 2 1 Why does calling a coroutine allocate a lot of stack space even though the coroutine frame is on the heap? Raymond Chen Heap elision optimization kicks in, and doesn't kick out.
Nov 14, 2023 5 2 Starting on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Running a program that leaks memory Raymond Chen There are a lot of things you can do to consume memory.
Nov 13, 2023 2 3 What is the difference between UuidToString, StringFromCLSID, StringFromIID, and StringFromGUID2? Raymond Chen Different ways of stringizing a GUID.
Nov 10, 2023 2 1 The case of the invalid argument exception from a method that takes no arguments Raymond Chen Where did the invalid argument come from?
Nov 9, 2023 0 0 A clarification on the multithreading constraints of the EncryptMessage function Raymond Chen Reading a sentence in the context of the whole paragraph.
Nov 8, 2023 0 0 How can I get information about media playing on the system, and optionally control their playback? Raymond Chen Going to the global system media transport controls world.
Nov 7, 2023 3 4 “Stop sharing this folder” is not the same as “Never share this folder” Raymond Chen It stops sharing the folder, but that doesn't prevent you from starting it again.
Nov 6, 2023 3 3 Why doesn’t reduction by modulo work for floating point values? Raymond Chen Working out why it works for integers and seeing what goes wrong.
Nov 3, 2023 1 2 Why does unsafe multithreaded use of an std::unordered_map crash more often than unsafe multithreaded use of a std::map? Raymond Chen It's all in the implementation details.