Why lock is needed to implement a readonly int property?
问题 I'm new to threading and I came accross a custom thread pool implementation example in a blog. I'm pasting just the necessary parts of the code: Public Class ThreadPool Private CountLock As New Object Private _Count As Integer Public ReadOnly Property ThreadCount() As Integer Get SyncLock CountLock Return _Count End SyncLock End Get End Property Public Sub Open() Interlocked.Increment(_Count) End Sub Public Sub Close() Interlocked.Decrement(_Count) .... End Sub EndClass My question is, why do