On 05/23/13 16:47, Jeff Hain wrote:
Hello.
Implementing some RB-tree I found out that
a lot of the null checks from CLR code
could be removed from balancing operations.
Yes and no. Some of those not logically needed prevent
infinite looping in the case of concurrent interference.
(This class is not thread-safe.) While we don't want to
encourage people to write racy programs, it's better to
maximize the probability that they'll eventually
get a CME or related exception rather than a stuck loop.
-Doug
