The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Feb 24, 2025
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C++/WinRT implementation inheritance: Notes on winrt::implements, part 4
Simple inheritance of a self-contained implements.
Feb 21, 2025
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C++/WinRT implementation inheritance: Notes on winrt::implements, part 3
Discovering the legal inheritance structures for winrt::.
Feb 20, 2025
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C++/WinRT implementation inheritance: Notes on winrt::implements, part 2
Untangling unwrap_.
Feb 19, 2025
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C++/WinRT implementation inheritance: Notes on winrt::implements, part 1
A closer look at the parameters to the implements template.
Feb 18, 2025
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Your statement is now available, just two hidden flyouts and five clicks away
Beware of the leopard.
Feb 17, 2025
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API design note: Beware of adding an “Other” enum value
What are you going to do when you add a new kind?
Feb 14, 2025
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Investigating an argument-dependent lookup issue and working around it
Picking apart the language specification.
Feb 13, 2025
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A sample implementation of the weak reference pattern for COM callbacks
A forwarder through a weak reference.
Feb 12, 2025
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Async-Async revisited: What about cancellation?
Even the cancellation is async.