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You don't need to see the rest of the codebase to realise that's probably wrong. In any codebase, locks only apply to the scope they're in.
by FartyMcFarter 5y ago
You don't need to see the rest of the codebase to realise that's probably wrong. In any codebase, locks only apply to the scope they're in.
- jseban 5y agoThe key word here being "probably".
- FartyMcFarter 5y agoYes - so the safe thing to do is to put the lock outside the loop. Anyone experienced in multithreading will instinctively know this is the correct alternative for any codebase (and it performs better too).