Does C# have a “ThreadLocal” analog (for data members) to the “ThreadStatic” attribute?

Question

I\'ve found the \"ThreadStatic\" attribute to be extremely useful recently, but makes me now want a \"ThreadLocal\" type attribute that lets me hav

Answer 1

Whilst the posted solution looks elegant, it leaks objects. The finalizer - LookupTable.Remove(key) - is run only in the context of the GC thread so is likely only creating more garbage in creating another lookup table.

You need to remove object from the lookup table of every thread that has accessed the ThreadLocal. The only elegant way I can think of solving this is via a weak keyed dictionary - a data structure which is strangely lacking from c#.