Re: c# Thread problem

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On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:27:52 -0700, Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <skeet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There don't have to be two explicit locks in the code though. Suppose
the update(gMsg) code included a call to Control.Invoke, and at the
time the UI was waiting to enqueue an extra message... that would
cause a deadlock, certainly.

And in fact, in my experience using Invoke() with a lock is the most common source of deadlock in .NET code. :)
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