Events(WaitHandle) and Monitor

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Are AutoReset Event/ManualReset Event and Monitor.Pulse used for the same
purpose?

Can they be used interchangeably?
 
Tim said:
Are AutoReset Event/ManualReset Event and Monitor.Pulse used for the same
purpose?

Can they be used interchangeably?
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There are various situations where they can be used for the same
purposes, but there are situations where you *have* to use WaitHandles
(waiting on multiple atomically etc) and many situations where it's
preferable to use Monitors (easier to lock with language support etc).

See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/threads/waithandles.shtml for a
general description.

Usually, I'd prefer to use Monitors, but others prefer WaitHandles. I
suspect it depends on your background - I have a Java background, which
uses monitors.
 
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