The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

Bonus operations for C++/WinRT iterators: The IIterable<T>, and C++/WinRT collections

Bonus operations for C++/WinRT iterators: The IIterable<T>, and C++/WinRT collections

Raymond ChenOctober 1, 2020Oct 1, 202010/1/20

Stepping through a collection.

Bonus operations for C++/WinRT iterators: The IIterator<T>

Bonus operations for C++/WinRT iterators: The IIterator<T>

Raymond ChenSeptember 30, 2020Sep 30, 202009/30/20

The equivalent of an input iterator.

Structured binding may be the new hotness, but we’ll always have std::tie

Structured binding may be the new hotness, but we’ll always have std::tie

Raymond ChenSeptember 25, 2020Sep 25, 202009/25/20

Sometimes the old things are what you need.

Inside C++/WinRT: How does C++/WinRT represent ABI types?

Inside C++/WinRT: How does C++/WinRT represent ABI types?

Raymond ChenSeptember 24, 2020Sep 24, 202009/24/20

Hiding in the internal impl::abi template.

How to get your C++/WinRT asynchronous operations to respond more quickly to cancellation, part 3

How to get your C++/WinRT asynchronous operations to respond more quickly to cancellation, part 3

Raymond ChenSeptember 23, 2020Sep 23, 202009/23/20

Automatic cancellation propagation is here.

I get a weird error about no matching function when I try to use winrt::capture

I get a weird error about no matching function when I try to use winrt::capture

Raymond ChenSeptember 18, 2020Sep 18, 202009/18/20

The confusing error message strikes again.

The C++/WinRT “capture” function helps you interoperate with the COM ABI world

The C++/WinRT “capture” function helps you interoperate with the COM ABI world

Raymond ChenSeptember 17, 2020Sep 17, 202009/17/20

Simplifying a common COM pattern.

Why did I lose the ability to co_await a std::future and concurrency::task?

Why did I lose the ability to co_await a std::future and concurrency::task?

Raymond ChenSeptember 16, 2020Sep 16, 202009/16/20

Early moves in a direction that didn't pan out.

What’s up with error C4838: a WinRT type cannot be a member of a union, and how can I work around it?

What’s up with error C4838: a WinRT type cannot be a member of a union, and how can I work around it?

Raymond ChenSeptember 14, 2020Sep 14, 202009/14/20

A restriction left over from C++03.

The macros for declaring COM interfaces, revisited: C++ implementation

The macros for declaring COM interfaces, revisited: C++ implementation

Raymond ChenSeptember 11, 2020Sep 11, 202009/11/20

Now to make things concrete.