J.Miller wrote: > The easiest way would be to put all never-expires items in their own cache that > never needs to be locked at all.
Yes, but what when A is a less frequent expiring item, then we have still the same problem.. anyway thanks for bringing suggestions! I really appreciate them. // Ryan =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorŪ http://www.develop.com Some .NET courses you may be interested in: Essential .NET: building applications and components with CSharp August 30 - September 3, in Los Angeles http://www.develop.com/courses/edotnet View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com