See the thread "Do static ctors guard against concurrent execution?" on the DOTNET mailing list. It demonstrated .cctor deadlock victims in C#.
Richard > -----Original Message----- > From: Moderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stefan > Avramtchev > Sent: 18 June 2002 13:47 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Singleton pattern > > > I think the type contructors is thread safe. > > How otherwise is the framework guarding this rule if not by locking some > internal object (not the being-initialised class ofcourse) in order to > guarantee that only one thread runs inside the type contructor? > > > stef > > > On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 15:01:22 -0700, Keith Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >>> >"The static constructor for a class executes at most one > time during a > >>> >single program instantiation" > > > >The more I think about it, the statement above does not imply thread- > >safety, at least not to me. Can someone confirm that static constructors > >are indeed thread-safe? > > > >-- > >Keith > > > > You can read messages from the Advanced DOTNET archive, > unsubscribe from Advanced DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.370 / Virus Database: 205 - Release Date: 05/06/2002 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.370 / Virus Database: 205 - Release Date: 05/06/2002 You can read messages from the Advanced DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from Advanced DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
