Re: Boolean access in multithreaded environment

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From: Chris Tacke, eMVP (ctacke[at]Open_NET_CF[dot]org)
Date: 05/21/04 

Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 07:56:35 -0400

The CF doesn't support volatile, but I'd use a sych feature like a lock or
mutex to make sure that writes and reads don't step on one another, atomic
or not. That simply good coding practice.

-Chris

<ManojM> wrote in message news:OEczsOyPEHA.1644@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi
> I have one thread assigning true/false to boolean and another thread
> accessing the value of the boolean. I need this operation to be thread
safe.
> Someone told me that boolean assignment is atomic operation and thats why
I
> need not make it volatile. Is it true that its atomic or should I make it
> volatile/restrict its access by lock?
>
> Thanks
> Manoj
>
>

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