The Old New Thing

Why does Clipboard.SetData put extra junk in the clipboard data? And how can I get it to stop?

November 30, 2018 Nov 30, 2018 11/30/18

Raymond Chen

Strings and things, but you need the things.

Taking advantage of the ordering guarantees of the LINQ GroupBy method

November 29, 2018 Nov 29, 2018 11/29/18

Raymond Chen

Sorting and grouping in a particular way.

What happens if I mutate a string in a p/invoke?

November 28, 2018 Nov 28, 2018 11/28/18

Raymond Chen

It seems to work, for specific meanings of "seems".

Nifty trick: Combining constructor with collection initializer

November 27, 2018 Nov 27, 2018 11/27/18

Raymond Chen

Two great tastes that work great together.

What’s up with Code Analysis rule CA2202: Do not dispose objects multiple times?

November 26, 2018 Nov 26, 2018 11/26/18

Raymond Chen

It's trying to get inside your head.

If activation of your gift card lasts more than four hours, consult a physician immediately

November 23, 2018 Nov 23, 2018 11/23/18

Raymond Chen

Is it ready yet?

The default number of threads in an I/O completion port is the number of processors, but is that logical or physical processors?

November 23, 2018 Nov 23, 2018 11/23/18

Raymond Chen

How much stuff can happen at once?

How can I make a dialog box right-to-left at runtime?

November 22, 2018 Nov 22, 2018 11/22/18

Raymond Chen

You'll have to get that style change in quickly.

Trying to allocate the same virtual address in multiple processes

November 21, 2018 Nov 21, 2018 11/21/18

Raymond Chen

But what are you going to put there?

For a brief period, the kernel tried to deal with gamma rays corrupting the processor cache

November 20, 2018 Nov 20, 2018 11/20/18

Raymond Chen

Not sure what good it does.