I have some code where I use a thread static object in C#.
[ThreadStatic]
private DataContext connection
I was wondering, in this case, what if any change would I get if I put the static modifier on the thread static context?
[ThreadStatic]
private static DataContext connection
With the first would there be one copy of the context per instance per thread, with the other only one copy per thread?
The ThreadStaticAttribute
is only designed to be used on static variables, as MSDN points out. If you use it on an instance variable, I suspect it will do precisely nothing.
In the first case it would probably be ignored, whereas in the second case you are correct, one instance per thread.
MSDN says :
Indicates that the value of a static field is unique for each thread.
So I guess you first case is incorrect... the attribute will probably be ignored