.NET Parallel Programming

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January 2012 - .NET Parallel Programming

Advanced APM Consumption in Async Methods

January 23, 2012 Jan 23, 2012 01/23/12
Stephen Toub - MSFT
I’ve previously blogged about how to expose existing Asynchronous Programming Model (APM) implementations as Task-based methods.  This can be done manually using a TaskCompletionSource<TResult>, or it can be done using the built-in wrapper provided in TPL via the Task.Factory.FromAsync method.  By creating a Task-based ...

Await, SynchronizationContext, and Console Apps: Part 2

January 21, 2012 Jan 21, 2012 01/21/12
Stephen Toub - MSFT
Yesterday, I blogged about how you can implement a custom SynchronizationContext in order to pump the continuations used by async methods so that they may be processed on a single, dedicated thread.  I also highlighted that this is basically what UI frameworks like Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation do with their message ...

Implementing a SynchronizationContext.SendAsync method

January 20, 2012 Jan 20, 2012 01/20/12
Stephen Toub - MSFT
I recently saw two unrelated questions, the answers to which combine to form a potentially useful code snippet.The first question was about SynchronizationContext.  SynchronizationContext provides a Post method, which asynchronously schedules the supplied delegate and object state to be executed according to the SynchronizationContext&...

FAQ on Task.Start

January 14, 2012 Jan 14, 2012 01/14/12
Stephen Toub - MSFT
Recently I’ve heard a number of folks asking about Task.Start, when and when not to use it, how it behaves,and so forth.  I thought I’d answer some of those questions here in an attempt to clarify and put to rest any misconceptions about what it is and what it does.1. Question: When can I use Task.Start?The Start instance ...