Re: multi threading in C#

Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
By the way, as long as we're on the topic, there's been something I've
been curious about for awhile. I see in your example code, and I've seen
this elsewhere as well, the creation of a new, base object instance for
use as a locking object. I am curious what the point of that is, as
compared to simply acquiring a lock on the object you are trying to
synchronize access to.

For example, instead of using "listLock" for the lock() and Monitor
methods, why not just use the "queue" instance?

If you lock on a reference that only you have access to, that
guarantees that no-one else can screw things up by locking on it
themselves.

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