Canceling Task Delay in .Net 4.0

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I am currently trying to implement a substitute for .Net 4.5's Task.Delay() method in a program that must target .Net 4.0. I found the following code at this blog.

    /* You can write Task-based asynchronous methods by utilizing a TaskCompletionSource.
A TaskCompletionSource gives you a 'slave' Task that you can manually signal.
Calling SetResult() signals the task as complete, and any continuations kick off. */

void Main()
{    
    for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
    {
        Task task = Delay (2000);
        task.ContinueWith (_ => "Done".Dump());
    }
}

Task Delay (int milliseconds)        // Asynchronous NON-BLOCKING method
{
    var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<object>();
    new Timer (_ => tcs.SetResult (null)).Change (milliseconds, -1);
    return tcs.Task;
}

Tasks are fairly new to me. System.Threading.Timer and TaskCompletionSource are brand new to me (as of today), and I'm struggling a bit with them. All that aside, I'm wondering how I might add CancellationToken functionality to this code. I'm assuming I could add a parameter to the Delay() method like this:

Task Delay (int milliseconds, CancellationToken token)        // Asynchronous NON-BLOCKING method
{
    var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<object>();
    new Timer (_ => tcs.SetResult (null)).Change (milliseconds, -1);
    return tcs.Task;
}

... but then, where do I put the logic for checking the token and getting out of the method? Somewhere in the callback? Is this even possible?

asked 22 secs ago

bubbleking

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Canceling Task Delay in .Net 4.0