MSDN just published an article telling people that it’s okay to use reserved fields in an internal structure. Anybody who does this has just voided their warranty. Please put a “This program has a high likelihood of crashing after you install the next Service Pack or upgrade your OS” in your license agreement.
And you wonder why app compat is so hard.
Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.
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