[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #11732: Use CreateEventW instead of CreateEvent

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #11732: Use CreateEventW instead of CreateEvent
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-10-15 10:23:02

#11732: Use CreateEventW instead of CreateEvent
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 Reporter:  Kim Gräsman <kim.grasman@…>  |      Owner:  chris_kohlhoff
     Type:  Bugs                         |     Status:  new
Milestone:  To Be Determined             |  Component:  asio
  Version:  Boost 1.57.0                 |   Severity:  Problem
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 We use boost.asio together with the Poco library.

 Poco has decided to #undef some common Windows API wrappers to avoid weird
 symbol decoration, among them CreateEvent.

 The Windows convention is to have a #define for Function, which expands to
 FunctionA for non-Unicode builds and FunctionW for Unicode builds.

 Since asio does not appear to use named events (always passes 0 for the
 event name), it doesn't matter which one it uses. On Windows, the -A
 functions are always wrappers for the -W functions, so it makes sense to
 use the wide-char variant (should save at least a jump.)

 So I suggest that boost.asio should use CreateEventW consistently instead
 of CreateEvent.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/11732>
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