PreProcessor Overloading
While it is simple to overload methods in C++, the preprocessor doesn’t work the same way. To define overloaded methods in the preprocessor, we need to define a method for Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: C++
DebugTools
Debugger Configs for MSVC Provides config files which improve debugging with MSVC. When working with STL containers, smart pointers, and boost signals, it is nice to debug directly into your Continue Reading →
Invoker
Example for invoking back to the main thread in MFC. Some code, including direct UI updates, needs to run directly on the main application thread. When application code becomes increasingly Continue Reading →
Leaky Destructors
When dealing with inheritance, it is possible that the destructors for our objects may never be called if the class has virtual functions, but the base class has a non-virtual Continue Reading →
BiDirectional Pimpl Pattern
While the Pimpl pattern is commonly used to hide implementation and private methods and variables from public interfaces, the common implementations often require a large amount of boilerplate code. This Continue Reading →
SQLite Optimizations: Query Planning
If a query is running really slowly in SQLite immediately after you have performed a large number of inserts, the query optimizer may be out of sync. If you run Continue Reading →
Custom Debug Visualizers
When working with custom data structures, the debugger can show too much information layered through how you’ve constructed it. To make it easier to debug, you can create a custom Continue Reading →
RTI Image Processing: Sneak Peek
Recently I have invented several algorithms to extract more detail from Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) images. Here is a sneak peek of the detail these algorithms can extract: RTI Comparison Continue Reading →
Processes, Symlinks, & Windows 10
When starting external executables from C++ code, if we start them using SHELLEXECUTEINFO on Windows 10, we cannot maintain a process handle across symlinks like we can on Windows 8. Continue Reading →
Sending Unicode through Windows Pipes
Passing unicode data through Windows Pipes sometimes requires special handling to avoid having the pipes scramble the data. We can see this using the cmd prompt and navigating to a Continue Reading →