If your application is multi-threaded (the default setting) then it's possible to read
a variable at the same time another thread is writing to it.
Don't take chances, lock shared-scope variables. There's other things to spend your
time with.
Chris Norloff
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
from: "Philip Arnold - ASP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
date: Mon, 6 May 2002 16:44:27 +0100
>> Would locking include such things as checking if statements, ie:
>>
>> <CFIF NOT IsDefined ("SESSION.var")>
>> Run some code
>> </CFIF>
>
>You only need to lock to update, reading does not need a Lock, unless
>you're REALLY paranoid about it changing information while your code is
>running
>
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