May 24, 2023 Post comments count4 Post likes count3 Don’t name your header file security.h either Raymond Chen You may be overriding an SDK header by mistake.
May 23, 2023 Post comments count4 Post likes count3 On creating (and using) a transforming iterator Raymond Chen It lets you change the thing being iterated over, on the fly.
May 22, 2023 Post comments count1 Post likes count3 Speeding up the insertion of a sorted (or mostly-sorted) key list into a std::map or other ordered associative container Raymond Chen Provide a hint for the location of the next item.
May 19, 2023 Post comments count0 Post likes count0 On catching exceptions in PPL tasks Raymond Chen You also have to catch the exception when it comes out the end of the task chain.
May 18, 2023 Post comments count3 Post likes count1 What is the opposite of LVM_SORTITEMS? Raymond Chen How can you unring the bell?
May 17, 2023 Post comments count2 Post likes count1 How do I free the pointers returned by functions like GetTokenInformation? Raymond Chen They are all pointers back into the main memory block.
May 16, 2023 Post comments count3 Post likes count3 Summary of the duck-typing requirements of C++ COM wrappers Raymond Chen Wrapping up and comparing.
May 15, 2023 Post comments count1 Post likes count1 What are the duck-typing requirements of C++/WinRT com_ptr? Raymond Chen The experiments conclude.
May 12, 2023 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 What are the duck-typing requirements of wil com_ptr? Raymond Chen The experiments continue.
May 11, 2023 Post comments count0 Post likes count1 What are the duck-typing requirements of WRL ComPtr? Raymond Chen Another round of experimentation.