Re: Threading newbie: Lock statement

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From: Arne Vajhøj <arne@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 21:11:32 -0500

Jan wrote:

Does the "lock" statement lock the "ressource" or the code section (like a critical section)?

Let me elaborate: I have two threads accessing the same ressource, but from *different* parts of the code. Can I use the lock statement to synchronise access, or can I only use lock when the threads access the ressource from the *same* part of he code (critical section). MSDN is somewhat unclear about this.

You can lock on the same object from different code
and achieve the desired synchronization.

But remember - it is still 100% cooperative locking.

Arne
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