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The critical section may be an old dog, but it's still learning new tricks.
Test before using.
It was online in a different sense.
What would make it an illegal base class?
That's fine, since you're not closing the handle that you're waiting on.
Adding another level of indirection.
STATUS_STACK_BUFFER_OVERRUN status code into customer-ready text
Reducing the level of alarm.
Is it some sort of favoritism?
You can put your own object in the surrogate first.