The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Is there a way to split the git history of a file or combine the histories of two files without a merge commit?
Studying how git recovers history.
Microspeak terms that didn’t take hold: airspace, synthetics, and AOI
Sometimes they don't stick.
Why do we have header files <pshpackN.h> and <poppack.h> instead of just issuing the pragma directly?
Because the pragma may not work everywhere.
Converting to a derived class from the future: How to cast from a base class to an incomplete derived class?
Deferring the definition until the class is complete.
API naming principles for conditional operations: On, When, and If
Describing when a condition is tested.
What is the CONTINUE_IF_FAILED equivalent of RETURN_IF_FAILED?
Be careful how you write it, or better: Don't write it at all.
It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Disabling anti-malware scanning
If you have already infiltrated the process, then you can disable things from the inside.
Learning to read C++ compiler errors: Failing to create a shared_ptr
Understanding what you asked the compiler to do, and why it couldn't comply.
Learning to read C++ compiler errors: Nonsensical errors from a function declaration
Look closely at what the error message is complaining about.