SemaphoreSlim Await Priority

.net, async-await, asynchronous, c#, semaphore

Solution

No, there are no priorities in `SemaphoreSlim`, whether you're using synchronous or asynchronous locking.

There is very rarely ever a need for priorities with asynchronous locks. Usually these kinds of problems have more elegant solutions if you take a step back and look at the bigger picture.

Problem

I am wondering if `SemaphoreSlim` has anything like a priority when calling Await. I have not been able to find anything, but maybe someone has done something like this before. The idea is, that if I need to, an await can be called on the semaphore later on with a higher priority, and it will allow the await to return first.

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