The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Aug 18, 2023
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Phantom and indulgent shared pointers
The phantom controls something yet holds nothing. The indulgent holds something but controls nothing.
Aug 17, 2023
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What it means when you convert between different shared_ptrs
Changing the pointer while controlling the same object.
Aug 16, 2023
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Inside STL: The shared_ptr constructor and enable_shared_from_this
Working together through a secret signal.
Aug 15, 2023
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Inside STL: The shared_ptr constructor vs make_shared
Where to hide the control block.
Aug 14, 2023
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Inside STL: Smart pointers
Simple pointers or more complicated pointers.
Aug 11, 2023
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Inside STL: The array
It's just an array.
Aug 10, 2023
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Inside STL: The deque, implementation
An array of (pointers to) arrays.
Aug 9, 2023
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Inside STL: The deque, design
An array of (pointers to) arrays.
Aug 8, 2023
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Inside STL: The unordered_map, unordered_set, unordered_multimap, and unordered_multiset
A hash table.