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Created July 15, 2016 04:17
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using_win_thread.cpp
DWORD WINAPI DoThing( LPVOID );
DWORD ThreadID; // why?
auto threadHandle = CreateThread(
NULL, // default security attributes
0, // default stack size
(LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE) DoThing,
NULL, // no thread function arguments
0, // default creation flags
&ThreadID); // receive thread identifier
if( threadHandle == NULL ) // NULL is advisable here since HANDLE _could_ be just an int
{
auto err = GetLastError();
std::cout<<"CreateThread error: "<<err<<'\n';
// quit here, presumabily
}
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