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Comment/Uncomment code to switch versions quickly without using macros

In a typical day, I write or debug programs in several languages: typically Foxpro, C#, VB, C++ and 32 bit assembly, with an occasional MSIL, IDL and 64 bit ASM thrown in. Sometimes, I like to switch between one version of code and another. This is useful

Make your code more maintainable: The evils of the Return statement

What does it mean to make code more maintainable? Certainly obfuscated code is hard to understand, by definition. A big part of maintainability is making it easier for others to read and understand what the code is doing. Your code may have been working

Windows Security and how it affects running generated code

Here I described how VFP generates executable code and runs it for early and late binding COM clients and implementing COM interfaces. However, there is an important issue with generating and running executable code in the same process. A computer has

What is a C0000005 crash?

In my blog about Dr. Watson I talked about product crashes. What is an example of a crash? How destructive is it? Here’s a simple example. MyFunction takes a string parameter and calculates its length MyFunction ( char * StringParam) { int nlen;
 
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