Tag Archives: MSVC

Floating point precision … printf-VS2013-vs.-later-VS-version edition

Posted on 2023-01-25 by Oliver

As developers we probably all know that floating point precision can be an issue1. It can haunt us in various ways. Generally when we talk about precision, though, we probably don’t have in mind printf as the first thing. This … Continue reading →

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That trick I learned with the Visual Studio debugger

Posted on 2023-01-23 by Oliver

Alright, I’ll admit it it: I am in team WinDbg. Sure, I’ll happily use WinDbgX — the “Preview” version of the “new” WinDbg which has been in preview for ages now — but I always was a bit unhappy with … Continue reading →

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dumbin.exe, editbin.exe, lib.exe …

Posted on 2023-01-05 by Oliver

They’re all just slim wrappers around the actual link.exe, not using a common DLL or so, but actually invoking: dumpbin.exe simply invokes “link /dump” and failing that “link.exe link /dump” editbin.exe simply invokes “link /edit” and failing that “link.exe link … Continue reading →

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What does adding masm targets do under the hood

Posted on 2022-12-05 by Oliver

If in Visual Studio when you right-click a C/C++-project in the Solution Explorer, you choose Build Customizations…, the following dialog will be presented: If you check the item for masm, the following changes will be done to your .vcxproj file: … Continue reading →

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