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From: Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid>
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Subject: Re: A question about synchronized threads
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Alice <quaxx1108@example.com> writes:
> On 29/04/2011 6:55 PM, Dagon wrote:
>> byhesed<byhesed@gmail.com>  wrote:

>>> The book explains above code:
>>>     Given an instance a of class A, when one thread is executing
>>> a.m1(), another thread will be prohibited from executing a.m1() or a.m2().

>> Throw this book away and get a better one

> Why? The statement he quoted is perfectly accurate.

..and the OP didn't even specify which book was quoted. (At least I
didn't spot the name of the book or the author.)
So nothing we have seen so far indicates anything wrong in the book.

-- 
Jukka Lahtinen