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However, the CancelIo 62 function has two issues that should be considered before enabling its 63 use: 64 </p> 65<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 66<li class="listitem"> 67 It will only cancel asynchronous operations that were initiated in 68 the current thread. 69 </li> 70<li class="listitem"> 71 It can appear to complete without error, but the request to cancel 72 the unfinished operations may be silently ignored by the operating 73 system. Whether it works or not seems to depend on the drivers that 74 are installed. 75 </li> 76</ul></div> 77<p> 78 For portable cancellation, consider using one of the following alternatives: 79 </p> 80<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 81<li class="listitem"> 82 Disable asio's I/O completion port backend by defining BOOST_ASIO_DISABLE_IOCP. 83 </li> 84<li class="listitem"> 85 Use the <code class="computeroutput">close()</code> function to simultaneously cancel the 86 outstanding operations and close the socket. 87 </li> 88</ul></div> 89<p> 90 When running on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and later, the CancelIoEx 91 function is always used. This function does not have the problems described 92 above. 93 </p> 94</div> 95<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 96<td align="left"></td> 97<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2003-2020 Christopher M. 98 Kohlhoff<p> 99 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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