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conquistador
conquistador

Reputation: 693

Exception thrown on Await Task

I'm new to Async functions and I'm learning it. I have written code that returns a value from an Async function and prints it to the console. Upon running the code a get System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException on Dim result As Integer = Await task and I don't know why. This is my code:

Module Module1
    Sub Main()
        Dim task = New Task(AddressOf testAync)
        task.Start()
        task.Wait()
    End Sub

    Async Sub testAync()
        Dim task As Task(Of Integer) = HandleFileAsync(9000)
        Dim result As Integer = Await task
        Console.WriteLine(result)
        Console.ReadLine()
    End Sub

    Async Function HandleFileAsync(ByVal x As Integer) As Task(Of Integer)
        Return Await Task.Run(aFunction(x))
    End Function

    Public Function aFunction(ByVal intIn)
        Return intIn
    End Function
End Module

Upvotes: 1

Views: 226

Answers (1)

helrich
helrich

Reputation: 1310

Your issue lies in HandleFileAsync, where you are awaiting the running of the synchronous function aFunction. I am not sure why you are not explicitly typing your parameter and return value in that function, but at the end of the day it doesn't really relate to your problem so I will ignore.

Since aFunction is not asynchronous, you do not need to await it or create a task. Your error is that Task.Run(aFunction(x)) is expecting an asynchronous Action, or a function that returns an asynchronous Task.

Simply modify HandleFileAsync to the following:

Async Function HandleFileAsync(ByVal x As Integer) As Task(Of Integer)
    Return  aFunction(x)
End Function

Upvotes: 3

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