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await vs Task.Wait – Deadlock?

I don’t quite understand the difference between Task.Wait and await. I have something similar to the following functions in a ASP.NET WebAPI service: ...

May 23, 2022
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What is the difference between Task.Run() and Task.Factory.StartNew()

I have Method : private static void Method() { Console.WriteLine("Method() started"); for (var i = 0; i < 20; i++) { Console.WriteLine("Method() Counter ...

May 20, 2022
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Calling async method synchronously

I have an async method: public async Task<string> GenerateCodeAsync() { string code = await GenerateCodeService.GenerateCodeAsync(); return code; } I need to call this ...

May 20, 2022
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Parallel.ForEach vs Task.Factory.StartNew

What is the difference between the below code snippets? Won’t both be using threadpool threads? For instance if I want to call a ...

May 19, 2022
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Catch an exception thrown by an async void method

Using the async CTP from Microsoft for .NET, is it possible to catch an exception thrown by an async method in the calling ...

May 14, 2022
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Awaiting multiple Tasks with different results

I have 3 tasks: private async Task<Cat> FeedCat() {} private async Task<House> SellHouse() {} private async Task<Tesla> BuyCar() {} They all need to ...

May 14, 2022
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Running multiple async tasks and waiting for them all to complete

I need to run multiple async tasks in a console application, and wait for them all to complete before further processing. There’s many ...

May 13, 2022
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Synchronously waiting for an async operation, and why does Wait() freeze the program here

Preface: I’m looking for an explanation, not just a solution. I already know the solution. Despite having spent several days studying MSDN articles ...

May 11, 2022
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How can I tell Moq to return a Task?

I’ve got an interface which declares Task DoSomethingAsync(); I’m using MoqFramework for my tests:...

May 7, 2022
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What is the difference between task and thread?

In C# 4.0, we have Task in the System.Threading.Tasks namespace. What is the true difference between Thread and Task. I did some sample ...

May 7, 2022
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