Jul 11, 2025
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Detecting and reporting all unhandled C++ exceptions as well as all unhandled structured exceptions
Closing another exit point.
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Jul 10, 2025
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Our first attempt to detect and report all unhandled C++ exceptions as well as all unhandled structured exceptions
Identifying and classifying the exit points.
Jul 9, 2025
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When I install an unhandled structured exception filter, why doesn’t std::terminate get called?
You're using the same hook that the compiler uses to call std::terminate.
Jul 4, 2025
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Why doesn’t LVIF_INDENT work without an image list?
Its original client had an image list.
Jul 3, 2025
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If the FormatMessage function fails, and I requested that it allocate a buffer, do I have to free the buffer?
There was no buffer returned, so there's nothing to free anyway.
Jul 2, 2025
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Unintended yet somehow entirely expected consequences of marking a COM interface as local
If it's local-only, then it can't be remote.
Jun 30, 2025
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Embracing the power of the empty set in API design: Requesting zero items
It's okay to ask for nothing. You get nothing.
Jun 27, 2025
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Why do I get errors or warnings about some weird symbol called ?main@@YAHP$01E$AAV?$Array@PE$AAVString@Platform…, part 3
Forcing main to be found in the place we want.
Jun 26, 2025
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Why do I get errors about some weird symbol called ?main@@YAHP$01E$AAV?$Array@PE$AAVString@Platform…, part 2
Figuring out why C++/CX makes a difference.
Jun 25, 2025
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Why do I get errors about some weird symbol called ?main@@YAHP$01E$AAV?$Array@PE$AAVString@Platform…, part 1
Welcome to the world of C++/CX. Is "welcome" the right word?