MSDN example on async/await - can't I reach the break point after the await call?

Question

In trying MSDN\'s example on async/await, why I can\'t reach a break point after the await operator ?

private static void Main(string[] args)
{
    AccessTheWebA         


        

Answer 1

You call your asynchronous method from a Console application's Main method without waiting for the async method to finish. As a result, your process terminates before your task has a chance to complete.

Since you can't convert a Console application's Main to an asynchronous (async Task) method, you'll have to block on the asynchronous method, by calling Wait or .Result:

private static void Main(string[] args)
{ 
    AccessTheWebAsync().Wait();
}

or

private static void Main(string[] args)
{ 
    var webTask=AccessTheWebAsync();
    //... do other work until the resuls is actually needed
    var pageSize=webTask.Result;
    //... now use the returned page size
}