Hi All,
C# has a keyword
named "volatile". This keyword is used to mark
a particular object "volatile" . i.e. the value of this object
can change any time in the program by any other thread or
process and thus the system always reads the current value of
such an object as the value of this object will never be
cached.
This modifier is generally used if there are multiple threads
using the same object without using the "lock" keyword. Using
the volatile modifier ensures that all threads retrieve the
latest value of the object.
Using volatile key word does not solve the thread
synchronization problem.
Objects which can be marked volatile can be :
- Any reference type.
- Any pointer type (in an unsafe context).
- Datatypes like sbyte, byte, short, ushort, int, uint,
char, float, bool.
- An enum type with an enum base type of byte, sbyte, short,
ushort, int, or uint.
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