Is there any reason to provide a locking mechanism for (what would otherwise be) immutable data?
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Is there any reason to provide a locking mechanism for (what would otherwise be) immutable data?
Typically, no. One of the major advantages of using immutable data is that you can avoid locking, as you have an implicit guarantee that the data is “current” and nobody, including you, can modify it.