ReaderWriterLock

3 Aug 2006 9:01 PM

Roy

Here is a description on the time-out for ReaderWriterLock
-1 Infinite.
0 No time-out.

>0 The number of milliseconds to wait.

What is the difference between "Infinite" and "No time-out"? Are they the
same?

3 Aug 2006 9:16 PM

Jon Skeet [C# MVP]

Roy <R**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Here is a description on the time-out for ReaderWriterLock
> -1 Infinite.
> 0 No time-out.
> >0 The number of milliseconds to wait.
>
> What is the difference between "Infinite" and "No time-out"? Are they the
> same?

I believe it actually means "don't wait - if you can't acquire whatever
you're after immediately, just bail out". I agree it's poorly worded
though.

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