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# winrt

Shared C+ ownership and ABI support for Windows Runtime projections. It has
no WinUI or Facet dependency. The current implementation targets Windows x64.

```toml
[dependencies]
stdlib = "*"
winrt = "*"
```

```cplus
import "winrt/runtime" as rt;
// HString::new converts UTF-8 and returns Result[HString, Error].
// Owned HString and Object values release their handles on drop.
```

[Tutorial](https://github.com/netdur/cplus/blob/v0.0.30/vendor/winrt/docs/tutorial.md) · [Guide](https://github.com/netdur/cplus/blob/v0.0.30/vendor/winrt/docs/guide.md) · [Reference](https://github.com/netdur/cplus/blob/v0.0.30/vendor/winrt/docs/ref.md)

Run `cpc test --filter winrt_` from this package on Windows. Unit tests are
in `src/runtime.cplus`; `src/winrt.cplus` is the test discovery root.
The generated [WinUI sample](https://github.com/netdur/cplus/tree/v0.0.30/examples/winui_standalone) covers native
activation, composition, delegates, and shutdown end to end.

Generated delegates expose `boxed()` for APIs such as WinUI `AddHandler`
that accept an inspectable object. The runtime owns the delegate through a
typed `IReference<T>` box; ordinary typed event subscriptions still use
`object()`. Keep the box for `RemoveHandler`, and keep the borrowed callback
context alive until removal. Boxing does not make a delegate agile.

A generated delegate whose first parameter is an object (an event's sender)
records that sender around its callback. After `track_events()` on a thread,
`event_sender()` there answers the sender of the innermost event being
delivered, or null; other threads are not tracked. The pointer is borrowed for
the callback's duration. facet_winui uses it to find the window that asked
for an alert.
