Does a locked object stay locked if an exception occurs inside it?

Question

In a c# threading app, if I were to lock an object, let us say a queue, and if an exception occurs, will the object stay locked? Here is the pseudo-code:

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Answer 1

Your lock will be released properly. A lock acts like this:

try {
    Monitor.Enter(myLock);
    // ...
} finally {
    Monitor.Exit(myLock);
}

And finally blocks are guaranteed to execute, no matter how you leave the try block.