The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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May 24, 2023
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Don’t name your header file security.h either
You may be overriding an SDK header by mistake.
May 23, 2023
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On creating (and using) a transforming iterator
It lets you change the thing being iterated over, on the fly.
May 22, 2023
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Speeding up the insertion of a sorted (or mostly-sorted) key list into a std::map or other ordered associative container
Provide a hint for the location of the next item.
May 19, 2023
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On catching exceptions in PPL tasks
You also have to catch the exception when it comes out the end of the task chain.
May 18, 2023
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What is the opposite of LVM_SORTITEMS?
How can you unring the bell?
May 17, 2023
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How do I free the pointers returned by functions like GetTokenInformation?
They are all pointers back into the main memory block.
May 16, 2023
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It appears that I’ve never made a complete visit to the Pacific Northwest
If the marketing department is to be believed.
May 16, 2023
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Summary of the duck-typing requirements of C++ COM wrappers
Wrapping up and comparing.
May 15, 2023
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What are the duck-typing requirements of C++/WinRT com_ptr?
The experiments conclude.