In F# async
workflows, we can define a resource that should be cleaned up with the use
keyword.
But how does use
interact with return
?
For example, given this code:
let createResource = async {
use r = Resource ()
do! operationThatMightThrow r
return r
}
async {
use! r = createResource
printfn "%O" r
}
|> Async.RunSynchronously
Where will the calls to Resource.Dispose
happen?
How can I design this so that the r
is always cleaned up (even if operationThatMightThrow
throws)?
I usually have two solutions.
The first solution is actively capturing the exception, manually disposing the disposable object, and re-throwing the exception:
let createResource = async {
let r = new Resource ()
try do! operationThatMightThrow r
with e -> (r :> IDisposable).Dispose(); raise e
return r
}
The second solution is to use a continuation function that will have access to the disposable object before the async returns:
let createResource cont = async {
use r = new Resource ()
do! operationThatMightThrow r
return cont r
}
async {
let! x = createResource (fun r -> printfn "in cont: %O" r)
...
}