Explain semantics of multiple calls to CancellationTokenSource.Cancel
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Also copy a line about LIFO semantics from one of the overloads, to unify the docs for each function.
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Some scope creep, but I've gone over every use of the word "will" in the file and replaced it with a present tense unless it's describing asynchrony or future actions. |
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Also copy a line about LIFO semantics from one of the overloads, to unify the docs for each function.
Summary
Earlier today, I needed to perform several experiments to discover the semantics of
CancellationTokenSource.Cancel, because they are undocumented.I don't know the semantics of
CancelAsync, so I haven't documented them.