On Mar 2, 2007, at 1:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Charles, I don't understand your thread-safety example. You say that
> this one:
>
> Sub Example()
> for i as Integer = 0 to 19
> static foo as Integer
> next
> End Sub
>
> ..could cause unpredictable results, but this one is fine:
>
> Sub Example()
> static foo as Integer
> for i as Integer = 0 to 19
> //code
> next
> End Sub
>
> As far as I know, the only difference between these examples is
> that in
> the first one, the static variable can only be accessed within the
> loop, while in the second one, it can be accessed anywhere in the
> method. There is no difference in thread safety that I can see. Can
> you explain what you're getting at here?
Maybe not. Now that I think about it, neither example is
particularly thread-safe. In either example, foo can be changed by
one thread while another yields during the loop. Some revision may
be in order.
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Charles Yeomans
http://www.declareSub.com/
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