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Expand file tree Collapse file tree Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change 194194 execution of the task itself. The documentation for asynchronous methods does not distinguish between these
195195 two cases, allowing for any of the specified exceptions to be thrown in either manner.
196196 </para >
197+ <alert class =" important" >
198+ <para >
199+ This documentation uses the term asynchronous method to refer to any method with a return type of
200+ <codeEntityReference >T:System.Threading.Tasks.Task</codeEntityReference > or
201+ <codeEntityReference >T:System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1</codeEntityReference >. Languages with built-in support
202+ for asynchronous programming have their own related terminology which may differ in meaning.
203+ </para >
204+ </alert >
197205 </content >
198206
199207 <sections >
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ public void ExceptionPriorToTaskCreation()
1515 }
1616 catch ( ArgumentException ex )
1717 {
18- // ex was thrown directly by SomeOperationAsync. If SomeOperationAsync is marked with the ` async`
19- // keyword, then ex was thrown prior to the first use of the `await` keyword within the implementation .
18+ // ex was thrown directly by SomeOperationAsync. This cannot occur if SomeOperationAsync is an async
19+ // function (§10.15 - C# Language Specification Version 5.0) .
2020 }
2121 #endregion
2222 }
@@ -35,9 +35,8 @@ public void ExceptionDuringTaskExecution()
3535 if ( ex == null )
3636 throw ;
3737
38- // ex was thrown during the asynchronous portion of SomeOperationAsync. If SomeOperationAsync is marked
39- // with the `async` keyword, then ex was thrown after the first use of the `await` keyword within the
40- // method.
38+ // ex was thrown during the asynchronous portion of SomeOperationAsync. This is always the case if
39+ // SomeOperationAsync is an async function (§10.15 - C# Language Specification Version 5.0).
4140 }
4241 #endregion
4342 }
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88 Try
99 Dim myTask As Task = SomeOperationAsync()
1010 Catch ex As ArgumentException
11- ' ex was thrown directly by SomeOperationAsync. If SomeOperationAsync Is marked with the `Async`
12- ' keyword, then ex was thrown prior to the first use of the `Await` keyword within the implementation .
11+ ' ex was thrown directly by SomeOperationAsync. This cannot occur if SomeOperationAsync is an async method
12+ ' (§10.1.3 - Visual Basic Language Specification Version 11.0) .
1313 End Try
1414 ' #End Region
1515 End Sub
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ Public Class AsynchronousExceptionsExamples
2525 Throw
2626 End If
2727
28- ' ex was thrown during the asynchronous portion of SomeOperationAsync. If SomeOperationAsync Is marked
29- ' with the `Async` keyword, then ex was thrown after the first use of the `Await` keyword within the
30- ' method.
28+ ' ex was thrown during the asynchronous portion of SomeOperationAsync. This is always the case if
29+ ' SomeOperationAsync is an async method (§10.1.3 - Visual Basic Language Specification Version 11.0).
3130 End Try
3231 ' #End Region
3332 End Sub
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