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How to safely call an async method in C# without await

I have an async method which returns no data: public async Task MyAsyncMethod() { // do some stuff async, don't return any data ...

May 6, 2022
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WaitAll vs WhenAll

What is the difference between Task.WaitAll() and Task.WhenAll() from the Async CTP ? Can you provide some sample code to illustrate the different ...

May 6, 2022
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Asynchronously wait for Task to complete with timeout

I want to wait for a Task<T> to complete with some special rules: If it hasn’t completed after X milliseconds, I want to display a ...

May 4, 2022
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Using async/await for multiple tasks

I’m using an API client that is completely asynchrounous, that is, each operation either returns Task or Task<T>, e.g: static async Task DoSomething(int ...

May 4, 2022
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If my interface must return Task what is the best way to have a no-operation implementation?

In the code below, due to the interface, the class LazyBar must return a task from its method (and for argument’s sake can’t ...

May 2, 2022
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When to use Task.Delay, when to use Thread.Sleep?

Are there good rule(s) for when to use Task.Delay versus Thread.Sleep? Specifically, is there a minimum value to provide for one to be ...

May 2, 2022
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Best practice to call ConfigureAwait for all server-side code

When you have server-side code (i.e. some ApiController) and your functions are asynchronous – so they return Task<SomeObject> – is it considered best ...

April 29, 2022
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