The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Feb 5, 2025
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On exactly when XAML bindings are evaluated if an element is not yet loaded
It depends on which abstraction you prefer.
Feb 4, 2025
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The original name for Flexible Single Master Operations in Active Directory
Not that kind of F-word.
Feb 3, 2025
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On trying to log an exception as it leaves your scope
You can't watch it from an object on the outside.
Jan 31, 2025
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Creating a generic insertion iterator, part 2
Satisfying the iterator requirements, perhaps with a little cheating.
Jan 30, 2025
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Creating a generic insertion iterator, part 1
We provide the boilerplate; you provide the smarts.
Jan 29, 2025
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How do I create an inserter iterator that does unhinted insertion into an associative container like std::map?
Curiously missing from the standard library.
Jan 28, 2025
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My electric toothbrush was acting up, so I tried to reboot it
It didn't help.
Jan 27, 2025
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A pattern for obtaining a single value while holding a lock
The immediately-invoked lambda that returns a value.
Jan 24, 2025
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A brief and incomplete comparison of memory corruption detection tools
A short overview, definitely incomplete.