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November 2003 - Posts

Corrections, explanations, etc.

Posted Tuesday, November 25, 2003 4:32 PM by arich
First, I should apologize for the lack of postings lately.  A combination of server downtime/outages and apathy have kept me from making postings.  Now that we're back up, I think I should clarify some of what I've said. Value types aren't as Read More...
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PtrToStringChars v2 remix

Posted Monday, November 17, 2003 9:29 PM by arich
A while back, in order to get some code to compile, I had to update PtrToStringChars (found in vcclr.h) to work in the new Whidbey C++. In case anyone wants this, I've posted my implementation (and a small main() to drive it) here: p2sc.zip . Keep in Read More...
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Branbray on handles

Posted Monday, November 17, 2003 12:40 PM by arich
I was going to give a short introduction to the C++ handle (^) today.  But, Brandon did such a good job, I think I'll just link to his article . Read More...
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Simple stack code

Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2003 5:37 PM by arich
We've got a code sample today, of a simple integer stack implemented using Whidbey C++.  I'll implement it using three pieces of code: stack.h - definition of the stack stack.cpp - implementation of the stack main.cpp - driver program that makes Read More...
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The value type

Posted Tuesday, November 11, 2003 7:00 PM by arich
Last time, I discussed the ref type .  This time, I'm going to talk about the value type.  This is the CLR type exposed in Managed Extensions by the __value keyword, and available in Whidbey C++ using the context-sensitive keyword value . What Read More...
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The ref type

Posted Monday, November 10, 2003 1:54 PM by arich
There are two major CLR types that we expose in Whidbey: ref and value . I'll talk about ref types here, and about value types later. So, what is a ref type?   This is the same type that was exposed in Managed Extensions as __gc .  It is Read More...
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Context-sensitive keywords

Posted Friday, November 07, 2003 12:29 PM by arich
If you've used Managed Extensions, you're familiar with the CLR types that __gc and __value exposed.  These have now been replaced with the context-sensitive keywords ref and value . Context-sensitive keywords?   That's right.  We've Read More...
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That crazy GC Heap

Posted Thursday, November 06, 2003 8:36 PM by arich
...or, "Hey! My data ain't garbage!" Read More...
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Introduction

Posted Thursday, November 06, 2003 7:07 PM by arich
...or, "Do we really need another blog?" Read More...
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