Video player in visual C++

[Igor Vartanov]

A good practice is to avoid using API function without reading technical documentation on it. Another good practice is understanding limits beyond which you enter unsafe grounds. A good practice is to understand the nature of the limits and conditions and consequences of crossing those.

But following "commonly known good practices" religiously is not a good practice at all. It's just a practice, one of possible ones.

Just knowing that something in Windows MAY be unsafe never stops me from using that thing proper way and under proper circumstances. Know what you do, and do what you know.