Is a bool read/write atomic in C#

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Yes.

Reads and writes of the following data types are atomic: bool, char, byte, sbyte, short, ushort, uint, int, float, and reference types.

as found in C# Language Spec.

Edit: It’s probably also worthwhile understanding the volatile keyword.

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