Mar 29, 2024
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How can I tell C++ that I want to discard a nodiscard value?
A variety of tricks, with different degrees of readability and legality.
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Mar 28, 2024
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I called CreateEnvironmentBlock with a process's token, but I didn't get that process's environment
That's not what the CreateEnvironmentBlock function does.
Mar 27, 2024
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Some choices for encrypting data so that it can be decrypted only by the same user or computer
There's your classic, and there's some newfangled stuff.
Mar 26, 2024
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Dubious security vulnerability: Manual operations can cause a program to hang
You did this to yourself.
Mar 25, 2024
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Why isn't C++ using my default parameter to deduce a template type?
Trying to have it both ways.
Mar 22, 2024
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Why does my thread get a broken string as its initial parameter?
It got converted too late.
Mar 21, 2024
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Using the DisplayInformation class from a desktop Win32 application, part 2
Completing the prerequisites.
Mar 20, 2024
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Using the DisplayInformation class from a desktop Win32 application, part 1
A little interop music.
Mar 19, 2024
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How well does C++/WinRT com_ptr support class template argument deduction (CTAD)?
It doesn't even try, and probably doesn't want you to do it.
Mar 18, 2024
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How well does wil com_ptr support class template argument deduction (CTAD)?
Falling into a hole in the C++ language, not filled in until C++20.