http://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2009/07/06/multithreading-using-volatilexxx-instead-of-the-volatile-keyword.aspx[Update: Brad detected a flaw in the code: I had forgotten to initialize the _initialized field. Thanks!] [Update2: Brad detected another flaw in the code: return _instance must be outside the if. Thanks!] In the previous post we’ve seen how we can useenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2009/07/06/multithreading-using-volatilexxx-instead-of-the-volatile-keyword.aspx#1715291Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:12:11 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1715291Brad<p>Sorry to bring up an old post, but they also need to be made static :)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1715291" width="1" height="1">http://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2009/07/06/multithreading-using-volatilexxx-instead-of-the-volatile-keyword.aspx#1702612Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:45:04 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1702612luisabreu<p>I think it&#39;s this: <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.bluebytesoftware.com/blog/PermaLink,guid,543d89ad-8d57-4a51-b7c9-a821e3992bf6.aspx">www.bluebytesoftware.com/.../PermaLink,guid,543d89ad-8d57-4a51-b7c9-a821e3992bf6.aspx</a></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1702612" width="1" height="1">http://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2009/07/06/multithreading-using-volatilexxx-instead-of-the-volatile-keyword.aspx#1702606Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:16:12 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1702606J<p>Duffy&#39;s blog link is broken.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1702606" width="1" height="1">http://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2009/07/06/multithreading-using-volatilexxx-instead-of-the-volatile-keyword.aspx#1702575Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:53:57 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1702575luisabreu<p>I&#39;d say no. Check Joe Duffy&#39;s excellent post I mentioned above. I think that it might help you understand why...</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1702575" width="1" height="1">http://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2009/07/06/multithreading-using-volatilexxx-instead-of-the-volatile-keyword.aspx#1702556Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:24:51 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1702556Brad<p>I keep revisiting this code, as im using it throughout my applications now. I have a question, would you want to put a volatilewrite for setting initialize?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1702556" width="1" height="1">http://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2009/07/06/multithreading-using-volatilexxx-instead-of-the-volatile-keyword.aspx#1699951Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:22:11 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1699951Brad<p>Another flaw, the return _instance; needs to go one bracket down :) (it currently returns in the if statement)</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1699951" width="1" height="1">http://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2009/07/06/multithreading-using-volatilexxx-instead-of-the-volatile-keyword.aspx#1698520Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:59:09 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1698520Brad<p>One quick question, where does the value of _initialized change from 0?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1698520" width="1" height="1">http://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2009/07/06/multithreading-using-volatilexxx-instead-of-the-volatile-keyword.aspx#1698516Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:25:36 GMTd67277c4-116b-43f1-b688-e9ef184ea916:1698516Brad<p>These articles are fantastic! I only discovered this site yesterday, so I have a lot of catching up and backreading to do.</p> <p>Thank you very much!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://msmvps.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1698516" width="1" height="1">