The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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The dangerous implementations of the IMemoryBufferReference.Closed event
Mistakenly handing out COM references that don't work.
The useless IMemoryBufferReference.Closed event
It tells you that you have already lost.
Accessing a block of memory represented by a Windows Runtime IMemoryBuffer
Through the currency known as an IMemoryBufferReference.
The case of the fail-fast trying to log a caught exception
What is being thrown and why can't we log it?
Implementing two-phase initialization with ATL
ATL looks like it supports two-phase initialization, but it doesn't.
Getting a strong reference from the this pointer too soon
Giving out strong references to an object before you can guarantee that it will work.
What is a hard error, and what makes it harder than an easy error?
A throwback to the early days of 16-bit Windows.
C++/WinRT gotcha: Not all exceptions derive from hresult_error
There are also C++ standard exceptions, particularly std::bad_alloc.
In C++/WinRT, how can I await multiple coroutines and capture the results?, part 3
Dealing with awaitables that return void, and questioning our life choices.