The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Jun 30, 2023
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2023 mid-year link clearance
The tradition continues.
Jun 30, 2023
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How to wait for multiple C++ coroutines to complete before propagating failure, custom promise
Taking things into our own hands.
Jun 29, 2023
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How to wait for multiple C++ coroutines to complete before propagating failure, peeling away at a tuple
Iterating over a tuple recursively.
Jun 28, 2023
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How to wait for multiple C++ coroutines to complete before propagating failure, false hope
Trying to iterate over a pack.
Jun 27, 2023
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How to wait for multiple C++ coroutines to complete before propagating failure, unhelpful lambda
The usual trick doesn't work.
Jun 26, 2023
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How to wait for multiple C++ coroutines to complete before propagating failure, initial plunge
Remembering the exception while finishing the other work.
Jun 23, 2023
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What can go wrong if you release an SRWLock from a thread different from the one that acquired it?
It's not a supported scenario, so anything can happen.
Jun 22, 2023
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How can I find out the last time a user logged on from C++?
The information is in the historically-named LANMAN APIs.
Jun 21, 2023
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The case of the make_shared on a C++/WinRT type
Now you can't tell who's in charge.