Forth to the Past: passing T&& as a parameter
This is a continuation of the series about C++ rvalue references. First post, second post, third post. Rvalue references are unique, because if you have a variable of type T&&, […]
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Forth to the past: C++ “features” that make life hard
This is a continuation of the C++ series, previous post here. When I was working on the move semantics example, I ran into two familiar, yet forgotten “features” of C++ […]
Forth to the past: C++ specification costs top dollar (and why this is bad)
This is a continuation of my previous post about rvalue references. As you may know, official C++ specification is not free: it costs upwards of $100, which, I dare to […]
Forth to the past: C++ rvalue references (T&&)
This week-end I looked at C++ rvalue references and move semantics. Here’s the code, the good stuff is in matrix.h. Rvalue references seem useful, but way too treacherous. Any programming construct that raises […]
Does that source match the binary? Part 2
I wrote a tool called “IsItMySource” that can list source files of a binary and, more importantly, check whether particular source directory matches the binary. The description is here: https://www.ikriv.com/dev/dotnet/IsItMySource/index.php. The […]
How to break into debugger when specific Windows message is sent or posted
CodeProject We have recently been fighting a weird problem in our .NET application that was caused by a duplicate WM_KEYDOWN message. It relatively is easy to figure out who receives […]
Capturing unhandled exceptions in a mixed native/CLR environment
Observing Unhandled Exceptions In .NET unhandled exceptions can be observed via AppDomain.UnhandledException event: AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += myHandler; // C# In Win32 unhandled exceptions are observed via SetUnhandledExceptionFilter call: SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(myfilter); // C/C++ […]
Windows: Getting callback on child process exit in C++
In my current capacity I sometimes descend into the virtually forgotten depths of C++ desktop programming. One interesting problem I needed to solve is how to get notified about a […]
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C++11 adds a new non-const reference type called an rvalue reference, identified by T&&. Say what?! Another grammar ambiguity? Now x && y could be a variable declaration or an […]
Unmanaged Hosting API Gotcha
I was playing with .NET 2.0 unmanaged hosting API. I am trying to customize assembly loading and “fix” some assemblies on the fly. I found an interesting gotcha, that I […]