Monthly Archives: June 2014

UseDebugLibraries and Wrong Defaults for VC++ Project Properties

Posted on June 23, 2014 by

Many of the projects I’m working on seem to have wrong default properties in Debug configuration.  For example, ‘Runtime Library’ is explicitly set to /MDd but defaults to /MD. ‘Basic Runtime Checks’ is explicitly set to /RTC1 but defaults to  … Continue reading →

Posted in MSBuild, VC++ | 2 Comments

Reading Specific Monitor Dimensions

Posted on June 19, 2014 by

Almost 2 years ago I wrote about the proper way of getting the EDID – and in particular the physical monitor size. I did leave a loose end: I actually had to query the dimensions of a specific monitor (specified … Continue reading →

Posted in Win32 | 7 Comments

Blogging 101

Posted on June 19, 2014 by

This is post #101, which makes the previous post #100. When I started all this I didn’t think I’d have 100 things to say.  Glad I was wrong, and hope to still have useful things to say for 100 more … Continue reading →

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Vector Deleting Destructor and Weak Linkage

Posted on June 13, 2014 by

Now that the discussions on weak linker symbols and vector deleting destructors are in place, it is time to discuss a fact that might seem esoteric but has far reaching implications. After that, it is time to ask for your … Continue reading →

Posted in VC++ | 9 Comments

Executing Code Once Per Thread in an OpenMP Loop

Posted on June 10, 2014 by

Take this toy loop: Now suppose you want to run some preparation code once per thread – say, SetThreadName, or SetThreadPriority or whatnot.  How would you go about that? If you code it before the loop the code would execute … Continue reading →

Posted in C++, VC++ | 5 Comments

On Vector Deleting Destructors and some new/delete internals

Posted on June 9, 2014 by

A word is due on vector deleting destructors – previously mentioned as the only functions that got weakly bound by the linker. The usual disclaimers apply: everything that follows is my own investigation, in code and online. Nothing here is … Continue reading →

Posted in VC++ | 4 Comments

Setting a Watch on Wide Registers in VS

Posted on June 3, 2014 by

General-purpose registers can be watched from the watch window pretty much as regular variables: (the ‘$’ prefix is optional, but is recommended by MS – probably as means to minimize clashes with code variables.) It is less known that you … Continue reading →

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