Question

Assume these are instance methods and -run is called.

Is the lock on self released by the time -run returns?

...
- (void)dangerous {
    @synchronized (self) {
        [NSException raise:@"foo" format:@"bar"];
    }
}

- (void)run {
    @try { [self dangerous]; }
    @catch (NSException *ignored) {}
}
...

Answer 1

A @synchronized(obj) { code } block is effectively equivalent to

NSRecursiveLock *lock = objc_fetchLockForObject(obj);
[lock lock];
@try {
    code
}
@finally {
    [lock unlock];
}

though any particular aspect of this is really just implementation details. But yes, a @synchronized block is guaranteed to release the lock no matter how control exits the block.