The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Jul 28, 2026
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Making an agile version of a Windows Runtime delegate in C++/WinRT, part 7
Further explorations into exception safety.
Jul 27, 2026
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Making an agile version of a Windows Runtime delegate in C++/WinRT, part 6
Exception-safety, the invisible bug.
Jul 24, 2026
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Making an agile version of a Windows Runtime delegate in C++/WinRT, part 5
Making sure to use the non-agile delegate non-agile-ly.
Jul 23, 2026
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Making an agile version of a Windows Runtime delegate in C++/WinRT, part 4
Optimizing the context check.
Jul 22, 2026
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Making an agile version of a Windows Runtime delegate in C++/WinRT, part 3
The object that actively refuses to be marshaled.
Jul 21, 2026
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Making an agile version of a Windows Runtime delegate in C++/WinRT, part 2
Short-circuiting the easiest case.
Jul 20, 2026
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Making an agile version of a Windows Runtime delegate in C++/WinRT, part 1
The easy case is easy.
Jul 17, 2026
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Why has the display control panel pointer truncation bug gone unfixed for so long?
It's fixed, but the fix isn't getting there.
Jul 16, 2026
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Speculating on how the buggy control panel extension truncated a value that it had right in front of it
Inferring the code's history.