What does resetAbort do?

Question

Hi I have following test code:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Thread t = new Thread(Work);
        t.Start();
        Thread.Sleep(1000);
        t.Abort();
        Thread.Sleep(1000);
        t.Abort();
        Thread.Sleep(1000);
        t.Abort();
        t.Join();
        Console.WriteLine("End");
    }

    static void Work()
    {
        int i = 0;
        while (i<10)
        {
            try
            {
                while(true);
            }
            catch(ThreadAbortException)
            {
                Thread.ResetAbort();
            }

            Console.WriteLine("I will come back!");
            i++;
        }
    }
}

Everytime, when there is an abort, Thread.ResetAbort() will be executed. I wonder what this ResetAbort does. Because when I run it, I saw the following output: I will come back! I will come back! I will come back! And I didn't see the output "End" - it seems this program didn't end at all. Do you know why? Thanks!

Answer 1

It cancels the request to abort the thread. As indicated here. So in this case the loop will continue and the thread should still be alive.