Well what is deprecation? It’s just a way to tell the user that a better/safer function is available for a function which he is using! For e.g. strcpy. If you use strcpy in VC8 we’ll get a warning saying that it’s deprecated, instead use strcpy_s which is the secure version of this API. So the […]
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How to get vc compiler version?
Having trouble finding out your VC++ compiler version number? Let me help you out. 🙂 Open command prompt type and type in [sourcecode language=”cpp”]cl.exe /?[/sourcecode] Relevant part, as shown for me, is pasted here. My current compiler is VC6. Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 12.00.8804 for 80×86 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-1998. All […]
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Enum bit flags visualization in VS2008 debugger!
A cool new feature found in the VS2008 debugger. Read here for more information on this!
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