shared adventures in the realm of thread-safety.

[Michel Fortin]

On 2009-09-13 18:08:57 -0400, Jeremie Pelletier <jeremiep at gmail.com> said:

>>> foo1.foo(); // ok, synchronized call
>>> synchronized(foo1) foo1.foo(); // warning: recursive synchronization
>> 
>> Why a warning? Monitors are designed to handle recursive synchronization.
> 
> Its a performance issue that can easily be avoided, but still generates 
> valid code.

Also, some people consider recursive locks as potential design flaws.
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