The Old New Thing

2023 mid-year link clearance

June 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 06/30/23

Raymond Chen

The tradition continues.

How to wait for multiple C++ coroutines to complete before propagating failure, custom promise

June 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 06/30/23

Raymond Chen

Taking things into our own hands.

How to wait for multiple C++ coroutines to complete before propagating failure, peeling away at a tuple

June 29, 2023 Jun 29, 2023 06/29/23

Raymond Chen

Iterating over a tuple recursively.

How to wait for multiple C++ coroutines to complete before propagating failure, false hope

June 28, 2023 Jun 28, 2023 06/28/23

Raymond Chen

Trying to iterate over a pack.

How to wait for multiple C++ coroutines to complete before propagating failure, unhelpful lambda

June 27, 2023 Jun 27, 2023 06/27/23

Raymond Chen

The usual trick doesn't work.

How to wait for multiple C++ coroutines to complete before propagating failure, initial plunge

June 26, 2023 Jun 26, 2023 06/26/23

Raymond Chen

Remembering the exception while finishing the other work.

What can go wrong if you release an SRWLock from a thread different from the one that acquired it?

June 23, 2023 Jun 23, 2023 06/23/23

Raymond Chen

It's not a supported scenario, so anything can happen.

How can I find out the last time a user logged on from C++?

June 22, 2023 Jun 22, 2023 06/22/23

Raymond Chen

The information is in the historically-named LANMAN APIs.

The case of the make_shared on a C++/WinRT type

June 21, 2023 Jun 21, 2023 06/21/23

Raymond Chen

Now you can't tell who's in charge.

Why is Windows using only even-numbered processors?

June 20, 2023 Jun 20, 2023 06/20/23

Raymond Chen

Spreading out the load over cores.