Now what happens if the dependency is not with respect to a regular API, but with a COM interface ? Suppose a COM interface IControl is implemented by CControl, in a dll DLL1. Now DLL2 obtains this CControl indirectly (for example, calling IControl...

Suppose you have a huge product (such as Windows) for which fix bugs daily. These fixes need to ship through some mechanism (download central, Windows Update, etc.). Of course you can't re-distribute the whole OS every time you fix a one-line bug. Therefore...

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The purpose of this blog is to write about my work as a developer in the Windows Serviceability organization, more specifically in the Client Platform team. My org's main responsibility is fixing bugs in the currently released version of Windows, currently...