C# in Detail. Part 2: Reference Types

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lock

·C# does not have a synchronize keyword

wit has lock statements

public class Monitor

{

public static void Enter(object);

public static void Exit(object);

...

}

lock (expression) embedded-statement

System.Threading.Monitor.Enter(expression);

try {

embedded-statement

}

finally {

System.Threading.Monitor.Exit(expression);

}

precisely equivalent to (expression is evaluated once)