Can't specify the 'async' modifier on the 'Main' method of a console app

Question

I am new to asynchronous programming with the async modifier. I am trying to figure out how to make sure that my Main method of a console applicati

Answer 1

To avoid freezing when you call a function somewhere down the call stack that tries to re-join the current thread (which is stuck in a Wait), you need to do the following:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Bootstrapper bs = new Bootstrapper();
        List list = Task.Run((Func>>)bs.GetList).Result;
    }
}

(the cast is only required to resolve ambiguity)