If a thread is waiting on a console.readline is the thread suspended?

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If a thread is waiting on a console.readline is the thread suspended. If not what is it's state?

possible duplicate of [How to add a Timeout to Console.ReadLine()?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/57615/how-to-add-a-timeout-to-console-readline) — Jesse C. Slicer, Oct 27 '14 at 11:48

score 17 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 30 '10 at 12:51

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The thread is not suspended. It's blocked on a method call.

answered Apr 30 '10 at 12:51

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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There's not a good way to interact (i.e. wait for user input) with the console on a thread if the user doesn't ever enter information. This question (and my answer) came up with a way to terminate the input thread by having the readline in a separate process altogether.

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answered Apr 30 '10 at 13:39

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And why for the downvote four and a half years later? – Jesse C. Slicer Oct 20 '14 at 21:15

If a thread is waiting on a console.readline is the thread suspended?

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