The Old New Thing

How can I detect from the preprocessor what a macro’s definition is?

June 28, 2018 Jun 28, 2018 06/28/18

Raymond Chen

Evil preprocessor tricks.

Lock free many-producer/single-consumer patterns: A work queue of distinct events, order not important, follow-up question

June 27, 2018 Jun 27, 2018 06/27/18

Raymond Chen

We try to minimize spurious wake-ups, but eliminating them is probably not worth the effort.

The cost/benefit analysis of comparing before an assignment

June 25, 2018 Jun 25, 2018 06/25/18

Raymond Chen

Factors pull in both directions. The result is a balance.

What can influence how much stack is consumed when sending a message?

June 21, 2018 Jun 21, 2018 06/21/18

Raymond Chen

Who wants to know? No really, that's the answer.

When I intentionally create a stack overflow with SendMessage, why do I sometimes not get a stack overflow?

June 20, 2018 Jun 20, 2018 06/20/18

Raymond Chen

It depends on what overflows first.