Run an async function in another thread

Question

I\'m evaluating the Async CTP.

How can I begin execution of an async function on another thread pool\'s thread?

static async Task Test()
{
    // Do some         


        

Answer 1

It's usually up to the method returning the Task to determine where it runs, if it's starting genuinely new work instead of just piggy-backing on something else.

In this case it doesn't look like you really want the Test() method to be async - at least, you're not using the fact that it's asynchronous. You're just starting stuff in a different thread... the Test() method could be entirely synchronous, and you could just use:

Task task = TaskEx.Run(Test);
// Do stuff
t.Wait();

That doesn't require any of the async CTP goodness.