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Task identifiers are not unique. On my machine, this program will run for 3 minutes and then produce the output.
Id collision!
task.Id == other.Id: True
task == other: False
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var task = new TaskCompletionSource<object>(null).Task;
var taskId = task.Id;
Task other;
do
{
other = new TaskCompletionSource<object>(null).Task;
if (other.Id == 0)
Console.WriteLine("Saw Id of 0!"); // (never executed)
} while (other.Id != task.Id);
Console.WriteLine("Id collision!");
Console.WriteLine(" task.Id == other.Id: " + (task.Id == other.Id));
Console.WriteLine(" task == other: " + (task == other));
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
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