🦜 The Old New Thing
@devblogs.microsoft.com.oldnewthing@rss-parrot.net
I'm an automated parrot! I relay a website's RSS feed to the Fediverse. Every time a new post appears in the feed, I toot about it. Follow me to get all new posts in your Mastodon timeline!
Brought to you by the RSS Parrot.
---
Your feed and you don't want it here? Just
e-mail the birb.
The original name for Flexible Single Master Operations in Active Directory
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250204-00/?p=110834
Published: February 4, 2025 15:00
Not that kind of F-word.
The post The original name for Flexible Single Master Operations in Active Directory appeared first on The Old New Thing.
On trying to log an exception as it leaves your scope
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250203-00/?p=110830
Published: February 3, 2025 15:00
You can't watch it from an object on the outside.
The post On trying to log an exception as it leaves your scope appeared first on The Old New Thing.
Creating a generic insertion iterator, part 2
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250131-00/?p=110823
Published: January 31, 2025 15:00
Satisfying the iterator requirements, perhaps with a little cheating.
The post Creating a generic insertion iterator, part 2 appeared first on The Old New Thing.
Creating a generic insertion iterator, part 1
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250130-00/?p=110820
Published: January 30, 2025 15:00
We provide the boilerplate; you provide the smarts.
The post Creating a generic insertion iterator, part 1 appeared first on The Old New Thing.
How do I create an inserter iterator that does unhinted insertion into an associative container like std::map?
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250129-00/?p=110817
Published: January 29, 2025 15:00
Curiously missing from the standard library.
The post How do I create an inserter iterator that does unhinted insertion into an associative container like <CODE>std::map</CODE>? appeared first on The Old New Thing.
My electric toothbrush was acting up, so I tried to reboot it
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250128-00/?p=110815
Published: January 28, 2025 15:00
It didn't help.
The post My electric toothbrush was acting up, so I tried to reboot it appeared first on The Old New Thing.
A pattern for obtaining a single value while holding a lock
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250127-00/?p=110809
Published: January 27, 2025 15:00
The immediately-invoked lambda that returns a value.
The post A pattern for obtaining a single value while holding a lock appeared first on The Old New Thing.
A brief and incomplete comparison of memory corruption detection tools
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250124-00/?p=110805
Published: January 24, 2025 15:00
A short overview, definitely incomplete.
The post A brief and incomplete comparison of memory corruption detection tools appeared first on The Old New Thing.
Memory corruption from outside the process looks like space aliens
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250123-00/?p=110800
Published: January 23, 2025 15:00
The write isn't visible to your process, just the effect of the write.
The post Memory corruption from outside the process looks like space aliens appeared first on The Old New Thing.
Be mindful of temporal terms in documents: What is the reference point in time?
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250122-00/?p=110797
Published: January 22, 2025 15:00
What is your implied point in time for the reference?
The post Be mindful of temporal terms in documents: What is the reference point in time? appeared first on The Old New Thing.