Difference between lock(...) and Monitor.Enter

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Shawn B.

Greetings,

What is the difference between lock(...) and Monitor.Enter(...) /
Monitor.Exit(...) ?


Thanks,
Shawn
 
Consider this code:

lock(myGuard)
{
// do some stuff that is being synchronized
}

the C# compiler generates the following code for you

Monitor.Enter(myGuard);
try
{
// do some stuff that is being synchronized
}
finally
{
Monitor.Exit(myGuard);
}

So lock is an exception proof (and short) way of acquiring a monitor and making sure it gets freed again.

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Greetings,

What is the difference between lock(...) and Monitor.Enter(...) /
Monitor.Exit(...) ?


Thanks,
Shawn
 
the keyword lock can replac ethe usage of Monitor.Enter

If i'm correct, there are no differences between this 2 methods.

Bye.
 
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