I have a batch block in tpl dataflow and have several target blocks linked to the batch block. However, the number of target blocks changes dynamically and thus the size of the batches. Problem is ...

I'm going to use lots of tasks running on my application. Each bunch of tasks is running for some reason. I would like to name these tasks so when I watch the Parallel Tasks window, I could recognize ...

I have the following C# code : var rand = new Random(1); var range = Enumerable.Range(1, 8); var partition = Partitioner.Create(range, EnumerablePartitionerOptions.NoBuffering); foreach (var x in ...

So, task.Wait() can be transformed to await task. The semantics are different, of course, but this is roughly how I would go about transforming a blocking code with Waits to an asynchronous code with ...

Let's say I have a list of Tasks, and I want to run them in parallel. But I don't need all of them to finish to continue, I can move on with just one. The following code waits for all the tasks to ...

I have the following lines in my code: var taskA = Task.Factory.StartNew(WorkA); var taskB = Task.Factory.StartNew(WorkB); var allTasks = new[] { taskA, taskB }; Task.Factory....

We would like to optionally control the number of "threads" on our parallel loops to avoid overwhelming a web service (for example). Is it possible to specify a custom MaxDegreeOfParallelism on a ...

I saw Jon Skeet give a talk a year or so ago where he showed a snippet of C# 5 that would take a list of Tasks and return them in the order they completed. It made use of async/await and WhenAny and ...

I'm having a hard time finding a task scheduler on which I can schedule prioritised tasks but can also handle "wrapped" tasks. It is something like what Task.Run tries to solve, but you ...

I have some code in a dll project with the target as .Net 8. In my code there is an async method called EmailNonError which is being called with the following code. When this code executes, the email ...

The first exception does not block the execution: public static async Task Main() { await Task.WhenAny( Task.WhenAll( Task.Run(() => throw new Exception(&...

How can I unit test component that has an await Task.Delay without really having to wait for it. For example, public void Retry() { // doSomething(); if(fail) await Task.Delay(5000); ...

Some of us prefer to code in an exception-light style. However, if you wait for a Task Parallel Library task, and the task threw an exception, it will throw an exception on the calling thread as well. ...

I'm using PagedList in my Views, but my scaffolded Controller is generated with this kind of default Index Action: public async Task<ActionResult> Index() { return View(await db.Claimants....

I am trying to set the apartment state on a task but see no option in doing this. Is there a way to do this using a Task? for (int i = 0; i < zom.Count; i++) { Task t = Task.Factory.StartNew(...