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c#multithreadingconcurrent-collections

Adding to concurrent collections

When working with a concurrent collection (for example ConcurrentDictionary) should I use TryAdd method, or just a plain old index assignment? I mean, do TryAdd method blocks when adding, so if another thread would try to remove the value it would have to wait until add is complete?

Solution

  • The prefix try has nothing to do with thread safety. It is just exception-free version of Add.