The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

Raymond Chen

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 25 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 currently appears regularly on MSDN Channel 9’s One Dev Minute channel in the One Dev Question video series.

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This is definitely rare: It happens only ten times a month

This is definitely rare: It happens only ten times a month

September 7th, 2020

Playing the bigger fool.

C++/WinRT injects additional constructors into each runtime class

C++/WinRT injects additional constructors into each runtime class

September 7th, 2020

For dealing with the objects as the smart pointers they actually are.

Rough edges in the when_all coroutine, part 2: Overloaded comma operator

Rough edges in the when_all coroutine, part 2: Overloaded comma operator

September 4th, 2020

Shame on you.

Rough edges in the when_all coroutine, part 1: Empty parameter list

Rough edges in the when_all coroutine, part 1: Empty parameter list

September 3rd, 2020

I've got plenty of nothing.

Synthesizing a when_all coroutine from pieces you already have

Synthesizing a when_all coroutine from pieces you already have

September 2nd, 2020

You just need to await on all of them.

More on trivial functions like CopyRect and EqualRect

More on trivial functions like CopyRect and EqualRect

September 1st, 2020

Let's go code golfing.

Is there a code page that matches ASCII and can round trip arbitrary bytes through Unicode?

Is there a code page that matches ASCII and can round trip arbitrary bytes through Unicode?

August 31st, 2020

For round-tripping binary data.

How do I convert from the C++/WinRT projection type to the C++/WinRT implementation type?

How do I convert from the C++/WinRT projection type to the C++/WinRT implementation type?

August 28th, 2020

You have to trust what's inside the box.

How do I convert from the C++/WinRT implementation type to the C++/WinRT projection type?

How do I convert from the C++/WinRT implementation type to the C++/WinRT projection type?

August 27th, 2020

Fortunately, there's a conversion for that.

Why are some system functions exported as stubs instead as forwarders?

Why are some system functions exported as stubs instead as forwarders?

August 26th, 2020

Compatibility, of course, at least for some of them.