I have a dictionary which is filled once in a static constructor and stays unchanged ever since. I want multiple threads to be able to read values from this collection. Do I need any locking here?
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I have a dictionary which is filled once in a static constructor and stays unchanged ever since. I want multiple threads to be able to read values from this collection. Do I need any locking here?
According to Microsoft’s documentation, the Dictionary class can support multiple readers concurrently, as long as the collection is not modified. Therefore, no locks are required.