The Old New Thing

On the finer points of cancelling timers and wait objects in Windows thread pool

April 28, 2023 Apr 28, 2023 04/28/23

Raymond Chen

Assorted little details.

What’s up with this new memory_order_consume memory order?

April 27, 2023 Apr 27, 2023 04/27/23

Raymond Chen

A weaker variation of acquire.

One way to defer work when a re-entrant call is detected

April 26, 2023 Apr 26, 2023 04/26/23

Raymond Chen

Tying a string on your finger, as a reminder to yourself.

A code comment noting the steps to take when a 256th enum field is added

April 25, 2023 Apr 25, 2023 04/25/23

Raymond Chen

A note for my future self.

Why is std::hardware_destructive_interference_size a compile-time constant instead of a run-time value?

April 24, 2023 Apr 24, 2023 04/24/23

Raymond Chen

The compiler is already making compile-time assumptions about the processor; you just don't realize it.

Protecting a broker from a failing delegate

April 21, 2023 Apr 21, 2023 04/21/23

Raymond Chen

Catching them in a different way.

Protecting a broker from a failing event handler

April 20, 2023 Apr 20, 2023 04/20/23

Raymond Chen

Gotta catch them all.

The case of the unhandled exception in a brokered Windows Runtime component

April 19, 2023 Apr 19, 2023 04/19/23

Raymond Chen

Digging into the event dispatch code.

No, it is not a security vulnerability that there is no certificate of appreciation for reporting a bug

April 18, 2023 Apr 18, 2023 04/18/23

Raymond Chen

It wasn't even a bug report.

How can I find the invalid class when C++/WinRT tells me that the class may not be final?

April 17, 2023 Apr 17, 2023 04/17/23

Raymond Chen

It's in the error details.