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The "thread names" clause was a hyperlink to an article I wrote a few years listing all of the problems with thread naming on Windows. Microsoft took the sugges
by brucedawson 7y ago
The "thread names" clause was a hyperlink to an article I wrote a few years listing all of the problems with thread naming on Windows. Microsoft took the suggestions seriously and basically landed all of the features and fixes that I requested, so now when I'm profiling or debugging Chrome the threads all have nice names.
I just kinda like trolling Microsoft for not using their own thread naming API very much.
https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/thread-naming-in-windows-time-for-something-better/ https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/thread-naming-i...
- nitwit005 7y agoI appreciate your efforts then. It's been a while since I was doing Windows development, but I remember staring at a bunch of hex values for thread IDs and despairing.