locking a resource via lock within try. Is it wrong?

Question

Is there anything wrong with using lock with a try block? I remember reading somewhere that we should always try to put minimum amount of code within try block and lock itself i

Answer 1

you can always use the longer syntax like this:

System.Threading.Monitor.Enter(x);
try {
   ...
}
catch(Exception e)
{
}
finally {
   System.Threading.Monitor.Exit(x);
}