How can I replace this semaphore with a monitor?
- by Kurru
Hi
In previous question of mine, someone had meantioned that using Semaphores were expensive in C# compared to using a monitor. So I ask this, how can I replace the semaphore in this code with a monitor?
I need function1 to return its value after function2 (in a separate thread) has been completed. I had replaced the Semaphore.WaitOne with a Monitor.Wait and the Semaphore.Release with a Monitor.PulseAll but the PulseAll was being triggered before the Wait causing the program to hang. Any idea how to avoid that race condition?
Semaphore semaphore = new Semaphore(0,1);
byte b;
public byte Function1()
{
// new thread starting in Function2;
semaphore.WaitOne();
return b;
}
public void Function2()
{
// do some thing
b = 0;
semaphore.Release();
}
