Tag Archives: TPL

Raw threads and async lambdas

Posted on August 27, 2018 by

Using async methods/lambdas where they are not expected causes unexpected problems. The typical example I discuss with people is TaskFactory.StartNew() because its an easy way to create Tasks and some people reach for that instead of Task.Run(), but I recently … Continue reading →

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Waaaaay oversimplified async/await plumbing

Posted on April 6, 2016 by

[cross posted from my MSDN blog] Often, when someone asks “how does this async await stuff actually work”? There is a lot of hand waving or someone says “just use reflection and look at it” but the real compiled code … Continue reading →

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