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ConcurrentScheduler

Controlling access to shared resources in an asynchronous world

In my last post I introduced the AsyncLock and AsyncDebouncedFunction.  AsyncLock is a fantastic way of asynchronously holding a ‘lock’ without actually blocking threads.  It is the natural go to class for resource synchronization, but there are alternatives (with caveats). In .Net 4.5 the ConcurrentExclusiveSchedulerPair was introduced, offering a powerful approach to concurrency control.  Using this […]

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