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πŸ” Hidden Trick: Use Thread.VolatileRead and Thread.VolatileWrite for Fine-Grained Memory Synchronization

In multithreaded environments, Thread.VolatileRead and Thread.VolatileWrite ensure that read and write operations on shared fields are not cached, thus forcing the system to always fetch or store the latest value in memory. This is especially useful in low-level threading scenarios where you need to ensure strict memory ordering without using locks.

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πŸ“Œ Highlights:

VolatileRead and VolatileWrite guarantee memory visibility across threads.
They are low-level methods used when you need precise control over memory access without introducing full locking mechanisms.

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