I don't think what I said is wrong, but it would have been clearer if I had said: "there is no way (in verifiable code) to pass a reference between two different threads".
You can consider a reference to be local to a thread. The fact that there might be two references (in different threads) to the same location doesn't really change that. Regards, Jeroen > -----Original Message----- > From: Unmoderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arlie Davis > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 22:24 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Large structures > > Almost, but not quite. Instances of a value type can be > hosted within a > reference type, which is always allocated in the managed > heap. Two threads > can then access the same instance of a value type at the same time. > However, nothing horrible can happen. > > -- arlie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Unmoderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jeroen Frijters > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 6:17 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Large structures > > John Elliot wrote: > > Is there any safeguard in place that could catch this type of thing? > > As long as you don't use "unsafe" code, there is no way to > get in trouble > with a ref to a struct (they are always local to one thread). > Except, of course, by calling a native method that hangs on > the pointer. > > Regards, > Jeroen > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor. http://www.develop.com > Some .NET > courses you may be interested in: > > NEW! Guerrilla ASP.NET, 17 May 2004, in Los Angeles > http://www.develop.com/courses/gaspdotnetls > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com > Some .NET courses you may be interested in: > > NEW! Guerrilla ASP.NET, 17 May 2004, in Los Angeles > http://www.develop.com/courses/gaspdotnetls > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > > =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorŪ http://www.develop.com Some .NET courses you may be interested in: NEW! Guerrilla ASP.NET, 17 May 2004, in Los Angeles http://www.develop.com/courses/gaspdotnetls View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
