Use of volatile: lock singleton : lock « Thread « C# / CSharp Tutorial

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using System;

class Singleton
{
    static object sync = new object();
    
    static volatile Singleton singleton = null;
    
    private Singleton()
    {
    }
    
    public static Singleton GetSingleton()    
    {
        if (singleton == null)
        {
            lock(sync)
            {
                if (singleton == null)
                singleton = new Singleton();
            }
        }
        
        return(singleton);
    }
}