c# start async method within object constructor - bad practice? [closed]

Answer 1

I agree, bad idea. Add an Initialize method. You can also add a static method that returns the new object and executes the Initialize method. In this way you can also keep the constructor as private.

public class XXX
{
    private XXX()
    {
    }

    private void DoMyWeirdThingsAsynchronously()
    {
        ....
    }

    public static XXX PerformSomethingStrange()
    {
        XXX result = new XXX();
        result.DoMyWeirdThingsAsynchronously();
        return result;
    }
}