Chapter 9: Advanced Task programming

This chapter examines advanced tools and execution contexts in the Task-based Asynchronous Pattern, including bridging, performance, and scheduling concerns.

Topics covered

• Bridging older asynchronous patterns with TaskCompletionSource.
• The tradeoffs of ValueTask and Task.Yield.
• ExecutionContext, TaskScheduler, and thread pool starvation.

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