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Set ApartmentState on a Task

I am trying to set the apartment state on a task but see no option in doing this. Is there …

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Default parameter for CancellationToken

I have some async code that I would like to add a CancellationToken to. However, there are many implementations where …

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Does the use of async/await create a new thread?

I am new to TPL and I am wondering: How does the asynchronous programming support that is new to C# 5.0 (…

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How to construct a Task without starting it?

I want to use this Task<TResult> constructor. I can't seem to get the syntax right. Could someone …

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Parallel.ForEach can cause a "Out Of Memory" exception if working with a enumerable with a large object

I am trying to migrate a database where images were stored in the database to a record in the database …

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How to Mock a Task<> Result?

I'm setting up some unit tests and using Rhino Mocks to populate the object being tested. One of the things …

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Is it considered acceptable to not call Dispose() on a TPL Task object?

I want to trigger a task to run on a background thread. I don't want to wait on the tasks …

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Throw Exception inside a Task - "await" vs Wait()

static async void Main(string[] args) { Task t = new Task(() => { throw new Exception(); }); try { t.Start(); t.Wait(); } catch (…

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classic producer consumer pattern using blockingcollection and tasks .net 4 TPL

Please see below pseudo code //Single or multiple Producers produce using below method void Produce(object itemToQueue) { concurrentQueue.enqueue(itemToQueue); …

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multiple awaits vs Task.WaitAll - equivalent?

In terms of performance, will these 2 methods run GetAllWidgets() and GetAllFoos() in parallel? Is there any reason to use one …

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