The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
| Version |
Location |
Description |
Submitted By |
Date submitted |
Date corrected |
| Printed, PDF |
Page 4
2nd paragraph following the example |
The word "whatever" is misspelled.
"The first synchronous portion executes on whetever thread calls the method, ..."
Note from the Author or Editor:
Replace "The first synchronous portion executes on whetever thread calls
the method" with "The first synchronous portion executes on whatever thread calls the method" |
Doug Beeman |
Apr 12, 2017 |
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| Printed |
Page 5
last paragraph |
"artificailly" should be "artificially"
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Ed Ball |
Nov 19, 2014 |
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| Printed, PDF |
Page 7
last paragraph before section 1.3 |
The word "the" is repeated.
"...I recommend reading at least the the async overview..."
Note from the Author or Editor:
Change "I recommend reading at least the the" to "I recommend reading at least the" |
Doug Beeman |
Apr 12, 2017 |
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| Printed, PDF |
Page 19
Table 2-1 |
Title of column 2 is "Dataflow support", a copy/paste error. It should be "async support"
Note from the Author or Editor:
The first page of Chapter 2 "Async Basics", Table 2-1 "Platform support for async", the title of the second column should be changed from "Dataflow support" to "Async support" |
Eric Lawrence |
Jan 19, 2015 |
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| Other Digital Version |
19
second paragraph |
Kindle version, location 19, Preface, 2nd paragraph:
"developement" should be "development".
Note from the Author or Editor:
This is a typo in the 1st edition. It has already been fixed in the 2nd edition. |
Matt R |
Jan 01, 2019 |
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| Printed, PDF |
Page 25
2nd code example |
Task task1 = Task.FromResult(3);
Task task2 = Task.FromResult(5);
Task task3 = Task.FromResult(7);
int[] result = Task.WhenAll(task1, task2, task3);
This code doesn't compile. It should be (note, Task<int> instead of Task):
Task<int> task1 = Task.FromResult (3);
Task<int> task2 = Task.FromResult (5);
Task<int> task3 = Task.FromResult (7);
int[] results = await Task.WhenAll(task1, task2, task3);
Note from the Author or Editor:
This is page 23 in my PDF.
Change:
Task task1 = Task.FromResult(3);
Task task2 = Task.FromResult(5);
Task task3 = Task.FromResult(7);
to:
Task<int> task1 = Task.FromResult(3);
Task<int> task2 = Task.FromResult(5);
Task<int> task3 = Task.FromResult(7);
|
Decriptor |
Dec 11, 2018 |
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| PDF |
Page 27
2rd paragraph |
The code currently awaits each task in sequence order, even though the second task in
the sequence is the first one to complete.
should be:
The code currently awaits each task in sequence order, even though the thierd task in
the sequence is the first one to complete.
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SchumiVettel |
Jan 08, 2017 |
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| Printed |
Page 28
discussion |
The discussion of abandoned tasks would be a good place to talk about TaskScheduler.UnobservedTaskException, and perhaps the fact that an unobserved exception would crash the app before .NET 4.5.
Note from the Author or Editor:
Page 26 (recipe 2.5) second paragraph of Discussion. The last sentence should be changed from "Any exceptions from those abandoned tasks will also be ignored." to "Any exceptions from those abandoned tasks are eventually sent to TaskScheduler.UnobservedTaskException, and then ignored." |
Ed Ball |
Nov 24, 2014 |
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| Other Digital Version |
39
4th paragraph |
Kindle version, location 39, 4th paragraph of "Why I Wrote This Book".
"concurreny" should be "concurrency".
Note from the Author or Editor:
This is a typo in the 1st edition. It has already been fixed in the 2nd edition. |
Matt R |
Jan 01, 2019 |
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| Printed |
Page 60
2nd paragraph |
"operator that is" should be "operator is"
Note from the Author or Editor:
Page 58 (last Discussion paragraph of recipe 5.1), "This operator that is not necessary in most situations" should read "This operator is not necessary in most situations". |
Ed Ball |
Nov 20, 2014 |
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| Printed |
Page 60
Last paragraph of 5.1 |
"Rx provides an operator will control the context for subscribing and unsubscribing: SubscribeOn. This operator that is not necessary in most situations..."
should be
"Rx provides an operator that will control the context for subscribing and unsubscribing: SubscribeOn. This operator is not necessary in most situations..."
Note from the Author or Editor:
On page 58, change
"Rx provides an operator will control the context for subscribing and unsubscribing: SubscribeOn. This operator that is not necessary in most situations"
to
"Rx provides an operator that will control the context for subscribing and unsubscribing: SubscribeOn. This operator is not necessary in most situations" |
Doug Beeman |
Jun 19, 2017 |
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| Printed, PDF |
Page 86
second paragraph of discussion |
There's an errant comma in the sentence "pass all arguments that BeginOperation, takes"
Note from the Author or Editor:
In the second paragraph of Discussion in Recipe 7.2 Async Wrappers for Begin/End Methods, the penultimate sentence should be changed from "Next, pass all arguments that BeginOperation, takes except for the last AsyncCallback and object arguments." to "Next, pass all arguments that BeginOperation takes, except for the last AsyncCallback and object arguments." |
Eric Lawrence |
Jan 19, 2015 |
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| PDF |
Page 96
Solution section |
Stacks are described as FIFO, and Queues are described as FILO. This is backwards, stacks are FILO and Queues are FIFO.
Note from the Author or Editor:
"Stacks are a first-in, first-out data structure." should read "Stacks are a first-in, last-out data structure." (pg 96)
"Queues are similar to stacks, except they are a first-in, last-out data structure." should read "Queues are similar to stacks, except they are a first-in, first-out data structure." (pg 97) |
Scott S |
May 29, 2014 |
Oct 31, 2014 |
| Printed, PDF |
Page 112
6th paragraph |
When describing the BufferBlock<T> the text states:
If the queue is completed, then DequeueAsync will throw InvalidOperationException.
But DequeueAsync is not a method on BufferBlock<T>, it should be ReceiveAsync (as is printed correctly in the code example below):
If the queue is completed, then ReceiveAsync will throw InvalidOperationException.
Note from the Author or Editor:
On page 110, the sentence "If the queue is completed, then DequeueAsync will throw" should read "If the queue is completed, then ReceiveAsync will throw" |
David De Geyter |
Aug 21, 2014 |
Oct 31, 2014 |
| Printed, PDF |
Page 116
second paragraph |
The method name OutputAvailableAsync is misspelled as OutputAvailbleAsync
Note from the Author or Editor:
In the last text paragraph of the Solution in Recipe 8.9 Asynchronous Stacks and Bags (pg 114 in PDF; pg 116 printed), the first sentence should be changed from "The example consumer code uses OutputAvailbleAsync" to "The example consumer code uses OutputAvailableAsync". |
Eric Lawrence |
Jan 19, 2015 |
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| Printed, PDF |
Page 137
first paragraph |
"responsive" is misspelled as "reponsive"
Note from the Author or Editor:
In the first paragraph of Chapter 10 "Functional-Friendly OOP" (page 135 PDF / 137 printed), the end of the first sentence "end-user applications must be more reponsive than ever." should read "end-user applications must be more responsive than ever." |
Eric Lawrence |
Jan 19, 2015 |
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| Printed, PDF |
Page 137
first paragraph of solution |
"multiplies" is misspelled "multiples"
Note from the Author or Editor:
In the second sentence of the first paragraph of the Solution section of Recipe 12.4 Dataflow Synchronization Using Schedulers, the wording "the following code creates a dataflow mesh that multiples all of its input values" should be "the following code creates a dataflow mesh that multiplies all of its input values". |
Eric Lawrence |
Jan 19, 2015 |
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| Printed |
Page 165
discussion |
It might be good to mention Montior.Pulse/Wait here, at least in passing.
Note from the Author or Editor:
Page 163, last Discussion paragraph of recipe 11.3. The sentence "IfManualResetEventSlim doesn’t suit your needs, consider AutoResetEvent, CountdownEvent, or Barrier." should read "IfManualResetEventSlim doesn’t suit your needs, consider Monitor, AutoResetEvent, CountdownEvent, or Barrier." |
Ed Ball |
Nov 24, 2014 |
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| Printed, PDF |
Page 171
2nd to last paragraph |
The last occurrence SynchronizationContext is misspelled (the z and the i are juxtaposed).
Note from the Author or Editor:
On page 169, in the Solution of 12.2, change
"SynchronziationContext"
to
"SynchronizationContext" |
Doug Beeman |
Sep 14, 2017 |
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