Await in catch block

Question

I have the following code:

WebClient wc = new WebClient();
string result;
try
{
  result = await wc.DownloadStringTaskAsync( new Uri( \"http://badurl\" ) );
         


        

Answer 1

Awaiting in a catch block is now possible as of the End User Preview of Roslyn as shown here (Listed under Await in catch/finally) and will be included in C# 6.

The example listed is

try … catch { await … } finally { await … }

Update: Added newer link, and that it will be in C# 6