About code. Mostly on C++
Two funny things I have discovered today. First is an easter-egg in a trace route, from people at BeagleNetworks.net that have inserted the plot of Star Wars Episode IV in their internal routes. Just traceroot 216.81.59.173 to see what happens. Here is the listing: […]>tracert -h 60 216.81.59.173 Tracing route to read.more.at.beaglenetworks.net [216.81.59.173] over a … Read more
I recently ran across a bug with an application ported to the x64 platform. After debugging the application the error turned to be due to integrals layout and casting. I think this is a typical example worth mentioning. It starts with this definition: #define COMBO_VALUE -99 which is used for a combo box with SetItemData: … Read more
If you include in a VC++ project <mapidefs.h> and <sqltypes.h> and build for the x64 platform you get a redefinition error. #include <Windows.h> #include <MAPIDefS.h> #include <sqltypes.h> int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { return 0; } 1>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\sqltypes.h(283) : error C2371: ‘BOOKMARK’ : redefinition; different basic types 1> C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\include\MAPIDefS.h(1142) : see declaration … Read more
I downloaded and installed a tool today, and when I ran it for the first time this message popped up. Downgrading happens! 😉