The Old New Thing

Is it true that raising a structured exception from a structured exception handler terminates the process?

October 20, 2022 Oct 20, 2022 10/20/22

Raymond Chen

Untangling the myth.

Why is there a make_unique? Why not just overload the unique_ptr constructor?

October 19, 2022 Oct 19, 2022 10/19/22

Raymond Chen

You'll have to resolve the ambiguity, so you're still typing a lot.

How can I check the integrity level of my process?

October 17, 2022 Oct 17, 2022 10/17/22

Raymond Chen

A series of range checks.

The case of the memory corruption from a coroutine that already finished

October 14, 2022 Oct 14, 2022 10/14/22

Raymond Chen

The zombie coroutine.

How can I check whether the user’s network connection is roaming or metered?

October 13, 2022 Oct 13, 2022 10/13/22

Raymond Chen

The classic way and the Windows Runtime way.

One possible reason why your program crashes when submitted to the Microsoft Store, but it runs fine on your machine

October 12, 2022 Oct 12, 2022 10/12/22

Raymond Chen

Check your minimum requirements.

On the overloading of the address-of operator & in smart pointer classes

October 10, 2022 Oct 10, 2022 10/10/22

Raymond Chen

Different patterns, which means you're never sure what you're going to get.

How can I perform a CopyFile, but also flush the file buffers before the destination handle is closed?

October 7, 2022 Oct 7, 2022 10/7/22

Raymond Chen

Your callback function can do things with the handle, even extend their lifetime.

The Import Address Table is now write-protected, and what that means for rogue patching

October 6, 2022 Oct 6, 2022 10/6/22

Raymond Chen

Making a potential attack vector less attractive.

The gotcha of the C++ temporaries that don’t destruct as eagerly as you thought

October 5, 2022 Oct 5, 2022 10/5/22

Raymond Chen

You have to look for the end of the full expression.