Synchronized methods and virtual threads

[Andrew Haley]

On 6/1/24 17:56, Alex wrote:
> Before this fix many projects did fixes and replaced synchronized with Lock. What is the latest recommendation? Keep replacing synchronized with Lock or wait for Java 23 and use synchronized methods?

I'd use Lock for the future. Synchronized plays very badly with Value
Objects, for example. Being able to synchronize on any object is something
of a legacy feature.

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