Building an async SetTimeout function

Question

_{Friday, December 21, 2012 10:18 PM}

I want an async  C# equivalent to JavaScript's setTimeout function.  I came up with this and it seems to work.  Can anyone see any potential issues with the approach?

usage: 

        await SetTimeout(1000);

        public static Task SetTimeout(int ms)
        {
            Timer t = null;
            Task ret = new Task(() => { });
            var callback = new TimerCallback((o) =>
            {
                ret.RunSynchronously();
                t.Dispose();
            });

            t = new Timer(callback, null, ms, Timeout.Infinite);
            return ret;
        }

All replies (1)

_{Saturday, December 22, 2012 3:55 AM ✅Answered | 2 votes}

You can do this via Task.Delay directly: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh460377.aspx

Just call:

await Task.Delay(1000);

Reed Copsey, Jr. - http://reedcopsey.com
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