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

Just to add a little to Marc's excellent answer.

Situations like this are the very reason for the existence of the lock keyword. It helps developers make sure the lock is released in the finally block.

If you're forced to use Monitor.Enter/Exit e.g. to support a timeout, you must make sure to place the call to Monitor.Exit in the finally block to ensure proper release of the lock in case of an exception.