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API design principle: Don’t tempt people to divide by zero
about 18 hours ago
A team was bringing forward an API for review, and one of...
The self-assignment principle for Windows Runtime properties: Don’t change behavior based on whether a property has been written to
4 days ago
For the past few days, I’ve been investigating the self-assignment principle for...
The self-assignment principle for Windows Runtime properties applies to default values
5 days ago
Last time, I introduced the self-assignment principle for Windows Runtime properties Setting...
Windows Runtime API design principles around read-write properties: Idempotence and self-assignment
6 days ago
Objects in the Windows Runtime can have properties, and those properties could...
Remembering the end of support for VRML in Internet Explorer
7 days ago
I was cleaning out some old documents and found an email from...
Code comments should apply to the state of the system at the point the comment “executes”
8 days ago
Comments inside the body of a function should apply to the state...
Can we get weak functions for static linking? The Visual C++ compiler says “We have weak functions at home”
11 days ago
The ELF object file has this thing called “weak functions”. These are...
The problem with inferring from a function call operator is that there may be more than one
12 days ago
Some time ago, I wrote briefly on writing a helper class for...
How do I convert a FILETIME to a C++ clock like std::system_clock or winrt::clock?
13 days ago
The traditional Win32 data structure for holding a date/time is the FILETIME...
Microspeak: Convicted
14 days ago
When you do something with conviction, you do so with full confidence...
How can I enumerate the overflow icons in the Notification Area without showing them?
15 days ago
Some time ago, I demonstrated enumerating notification icons via UI Automation. Part...
Why didn’t Windows 95 setup install a miniature Windows 95 so that it could be written as a 32-bit program?
18 days ago
I noted some time ago that Windows 95 Setup was actually three...