why does notify() have to be called from within a synchronized block?

Adam Megacz gcj@lists.megacz.com
Tue Oct 15 15:53:00 GMT 2002

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I understand why wait() requires this, but what's wrong with calling
notify() when you're not holding the monitor?
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