Async/Await question

intermediate

HttpServer2 httpServer = new HttpServer2();

httpServer.Start(); //If I don't await this, It won't block the main method. If I await it, I won't be able to do Console.ReadLine()

Console.ReadLine();

HttpServer2 httpServer = new HttpServer2();

httpServer.Start(); //If I don't await this, It won't block the main method. If I await it, I won't be able to do Console.ReadLine()

Console.ReadLine();

Note that .Start() is a method that simply starts listening on a port and handles requests, it has a Task return type.

Why would I ever for example do await httpServer.Start() when that certainly blocks the main method (where i'm calling it from) when I can just omit the await and carry on?

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Async/Await question

intermediate

HttpServer2 httpServer = new HttpServer2();

httpServer.Start(); //If I don't await this, It won't block the main method. If I await it, I won't be able to do Console.ReadLine()

Console.ReadLine();

HttpServer2 httpServer = new HttpServer2();

httpServer.Start(); //If I don't await this, It won't block the main method. If I await it, I won't be able to do Console.ReadLine()

Console.ReadLine();

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