ThreadAbortException exception

thread synchronization (continued)

blocking, avoiding, 805

blocking countdown, 804 class libraries and, 759

condition variable pattern, 811 constructs, 805

double-check locking, 807

drawbacks of, 757

exception handling and, 476 hybrid, 790

hybrid constructs. See hybrid constructs livelocks and deadlocks, 761

lock, 189, 799

locks, 476, 725

lock scalability issues, 814

m_opCount field, 772

Mutex objects, 786

parallel execution, 805

performance issues, 758

primitive constructs, 760 priority boosting, disabling, 774 private locks, 797

properties and, 233

reader-writer locks, 801, 804

recursive locks, 786

recursive locks, avoiding, 806 specifying synchronization object, 811 spin lock addition logic, 774

spin locks, 773

tasks vs., 807

yielding threads when, 775 ThreadAbortException exception, 580

ThreadException event, 488

threading models, 748

Threading namespace, 695, 720, 778

DispatcherTimer class, 723

Timer class, 723

ThreadPerTaskScheduler, 713

ThreadPool class, 693

for Windows Store apps, 694 threads, 102

in 16-bit Windows, 669 aborting, 578, 679

allocating local variables, 105

asynchronous compute-bound operations with, 678

avoiding, 674

blocking, avoiding, 705

caching of, 673

CLR and Windows interoperability, 678 constructors for, 679

contexts, 671

context structures, 683

context switching, 672, 673, 683 creating, vs. creating processes, 675 debuggers and, 673

dedicated, 679

defined, 670

DLL thread-attach/thread-detach

notifications, 671

early implementation of, 669 ending early, 673

execution contexts, 694, 695

forcibly killing, 670

foreground, 679

foreground vs. background, 688 garbage collection and, 673 gracefully aborting, 577

High priority class, 685 Idle priority class, 685 Idle priority level, 687

inefficient memory allocation and, 676

kernel-mode stacks, 671

labeling, avoiding, 806

lowering priority, 687 minimizing number of, 676 number per process, 674 overhead, 670

performance issues, 674, 681

prioritizing, 684, 685, 688 priority levels, mapping, 686 priority, non-normal, 679

properties, viewing, 683 Realtime priority class, 685 reasons for using, 681 relative priorities, 685

responsiveness of, 681

safe places, 580

Type parameters

scalability, 674

scheduling, 683, 684

starting, 679

starvation, 684

suspending, 774

Time-Critical priority level, 687 time-slices, 672

user-mode stacks, 671

Windows Store apps, APIs removed for, 678 yielding, 775

zero page, 684, 686

ThreadsSharingData class, 766, 767

ThrowIfCancellationRequested method, 704 throwing exceptions, 466. See also exceptions;

exception types

Time-Critical thread priority level, 687 time-slices, 672

ending early, 673

Timer class, 720, 723

Timer objects, garbage collection of, 721 Timers namespace, Timer class, 723 ToArray method, 658

ToLowerInvariant method, 318

ToObject method, 367

torn reads, 762

ToSingle method, 310

ToString method, 134, 238, 318, 335, 337, 339,

364, 365, 569

number formatting, 341

output formatting, 369

output of, 364

overriding, 339

parameterless, 340

parameters, 340

vs. Format method, 364 System.Object, 92

ToString, null for format string, 341 ToUpperInvariant method, 318

Transaction class, 797

TransactionScope class, 475 triggering garbage collections, 519

try blocks, 454. See also catch blocks; finally

blocks

as callback methods, 497

constrained execution regions and, 475

finally blocks and, 457

threads and, 671

TryParse method, 366, 370, 493 exception handling and, 494

Tuple

class, 241

types, 237, 240

properties and, 241

type arguments, 266

type constructors, 187

calling, 188

calling in order, avoiding, 189 default, 187

defined, 151

defining, 188

defining inside value types, avoiding, 188 initializing singleton objects with, 189 mutual references in, 189

naming convention for, 190 private, 188

thread synchronization lock, 189 unhandled exceptions, 189

type definitions, example of, 153

type inference

generic methods and, 283 overview of, 283

type object pointer, 105 Type objects, 591

converting to RuntimeTypeHandle, 609 converting to TypeInfo objects, 592

for generic types, 272 obtaining, 591

obtaining from type names at compile time, 592

open, creating, 272 sync blocks and, 795

type parameters, 266 constraining to interfaces, 305 constraints, 287, 288 constructor constraints for, 289

contra-variant and covariant, 279 generic, 281

naming conventions, 266 overriding methods and, 286 variance and, 280

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