I have two questions: Is there a need to use Interlocked class for accessing boolean values? Isn't a read or a write to a boolean value atomic by default? I tried using Interlocked.CompareExchange on a boolean and got the following error: bool value = true; Interlocked.CompareExchange<bool>(ref value, false, true); Error: The type 'bool' must be a reference type in order to use it as parameter 'T' in the generic type or method 'System.Threading.Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref T, T, T)' How do I go about solving this problem?

Using Interlocked.CompareExchange() operation on a bool value?

I have two questions:

Is there a need to use Interlocked class for accessing boolean values? Isn't a read or a write to a boolean value atomic by default?
I tried using Interlocked.CompareExchange on a boolean and got the following error:
```
 bool value = true;
 Interlocked.CompareExchange<bool>(ref value, false, true);
```
Error: The type 'bool' must be a reference type in order to use it as parameter 'T' in the generic type or method 'System.Threading.Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref T, T, T)'

How do I go about solving this problem?