The Old New Thing

Hyperlinking to Hutchison Whampoa Limited is still forbidden

February 2, 2023 Feb 2, 2023 02/2/23

Raymond Chen

Didn't make you look.

Inside C++/WinRT: Coroutine completions: Avoiding reentrant completion

February 2, 2023 Feb 2, 2023 02/2/23

Raymond Chen

Resuming the coroutine directly, rather than consuming yet more stack.

Inside C++/WinRT: Coroutine completion handlers: Disconnection

February 1, 2023 Feb 1, 2023 02/1/23

Raymond Chen

When the other end hangs up without even saying good-bye.

Inside C++/WinRT: Apartment switching: Error reporting

January 31, 2023 Jan 31, 2023 01/31/23

Raymond Chen

If you can't get back to where you started, who you gonna call?

Inside C++/WinRT: Apartment switching: COM without COM

January 30, 2023 Jan 30, 2023 01/30/23

Raymond Chen

Also known as Nano-COM.

Inside C++/WinRT: Apartment switching: Unwinding the stack

January 27, 2023 Jan 27, 2023 01/27/23

Raymond Chen

Reducing stack usage.

Inside C++/WinRT: Apartment switching: Bypassing the context callback

January 26, 2023 Jan 26, 2023 01/26/23

Raymond Chen

Reducing stack usage.

Inside C++/WinRT: Apartment switching: Unblocking the outgoing thread

January 25, 2023 Jan 25, 2023 01/25/23

Raymond Chen

Avoiding the problem of the synchronous apartment-changing callback: Let the outgoing thread do whatever it wants to do next.

Inside C++/WinRT: Apartment switching: The basic idea

January 24, 2023 Jan 24, 2023 01/24/23

Raymond Chen

Getting back to where you started.

Inside C++/WinRT: Coroutine completions: The oversimplified version

January 23, 2023 Jan 23, 2023 01/23/23

Raymond Chen

Resuming the coroutine when the asynchronous work completes.