What is a replacement method for Task.Run in .NET 4.0 using C#?

.net, asynchronous, c#, task-parallel-library

Solution

It looks like `Task.Factory.StartNew<T>` is what you're after.

return Task.Factory.StartNew<int>(() => {
    // ...
    return 1;
});

Since the compiler can infer the return type, this also works:

return Task.Factory.StartNew(() => {
    // ...
    return 1;
});

Problem

I got this program that gives me syntax error "System.Threading.Tasks.task does not contain a definition for Run." I am using VB 2010 .NET 4.0 Any ideas? any replacements for Run in .net 4.0? ``` using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading; using System.Threading.Tasks; namespace ChatApp { class ChatProg { static void Main(string[] args) { Task<int> wakeUp = DoWorkAsync(2000,"Waking up"); Task.WaitAll(wakeUp); } static Task<int> DoWorkAsync(int milliseconds, string name) { //error appears below on word Run return Task.Run(() => { Console.WriteLine("* starting {0} work", name); Thread.Sleep(milliseconds); Console.WriteLine("* {0} work one", name); return 1; }); } } } ```

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