Jan 13, 2025 Post comments count4 Post likes count2 A simplified overview of ways to add or update elements in a std::map Raymond Chen And using it to find missing opportunities.
Jan 10, 2025 Post comments count2 Post likes count0 Why does inadvertently passing a std::string instead of a char const* to a variadic function crash on x86-32 but not x86-64? Raymond Chen Looking at the calling convention and the small string optimization.
Jan 9, 2025 Post comments count0 Post likes count4 Inside STL: Waiting for a std::atomic<std::shared_ptr<T>> to change, part 2 Raymond Chen Digging into the libstdc++ implementation.
Jan 8, 2025 Post comments count1 Post likes count1 Inside STL: Waiting for a std::atomic<std::shared_ptr<T>> to change, part 1 Raymond Chen Waiting on a single pointer, but checking for two.
Jan 7, 2025 Post comments count11 Post likes count3 Gesellschaft zur Stärkung der Verben: The German Society for the Irregularization of Verbs Raymond Chen Stand strong and proud.
Jan 7, 2025 Post comments count5 Post likes count5 Emergency power resets on Lenovo, HP, Dell, and Acer laptops Raymond Chen Looking for the magic button.
Jan 6, 2025 Post comments count6 Post likes count0 How can I tell whether a change to a control was due to the user or due to my program? Raymond Chen You know when it was done by your program because you did it.
Jan 3, 2025 Post comments count1 Post likes count1 Forcing an ERROR_KEY_DELETED error when trying to open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software Raymond Chen Just an exercise to show that it can be done, even though it's highly unlikely to occur in practice.
Jan 2, 2025 Post comments count1 Post likes count0 Could I be getting ERROR_KEY_DELETED for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software when the user logs off? Raymond Chen Probably not, but there are some edge cases.
Jan 1, 2025 Post comments count1 Post likes count0 How is it possible to get ERROR_KEY_DELETED when I’m creating a key? Raymond Chen The key that got deleted is not the one you are trying to create.