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Unification of tasks <T> and F # Processing mailbox handlers

When using Task <T>, an exception during task execution is raised during Task.Wait (); when using F # MailBoxProcessor, the exception is swallowed and should be explicitly addressed in accordance with this issue .

This difference makes it difficult to identify F # agents for C # code using a task. For example, this agent:

type internal IncrementMessage = 
    Increment of int * AsyncReplyChannel<int>

type IncrementAgent() =
    let counter = Agent.Start(fun agent -> 
        let rec loop() = async { let! Increment(msg, replyChannel) = agent.Receive()
                                match msg with 
                                | int.MaxValue -> return! failwith "Boom!"
                                | _ as i -> replyChannel.Reply (i + 1)
                                            return! loop() }

        loop())

    member x.PostAndAsyncReply i =
        Async.StartAsTask (counter.PostAndAsyncReply (fun channel -> Increment(i, channel)))

can be called from C #, but the exception does not return to C #:

[Test]
public void ExceptionHandling()
{
    //
    // TPL exception behaviour
    //
    var task = Task.Factory.StartNew<int>(() => { throw new Exception("Boom!"); });

    try
    {
        task.Wait();
    }
    catch(AggregateException e)
    {
        // Exception available here
        Console.WriteLine("Task failed with {0}", e.InnerException.Message);
    }

    //
    // F# MailboxProcessor exception behaviour
    //
    var incAgent = new IncrementAgent();
    task = incAgent.PostAndAsyncReply(int.MaxValue);

    try
    {
        task.Wait(); // deadlock here
    }
    catch (AggregateException e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Agent failed with {0}", e.InnerException.Message);
    }
}

Instead of getting an exception, C # code just hangs in task.Wait (). Is there a way to make the F # agent behave like a task? If not, there seems to be limited use when exposing F # agents to other .NET code.

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- DU . .

type internal IncrementResponse =
    | Response of int
    | Error of exn

type internal IncrementMessage = 
    | Increment of int * AsyncReplyChannel<IncrementResponse>

type IncrementAgent() =
    let counter = Agent.Start(fun agent -> 
        let rec loop() = 
          async { 
            let! Increment(msg, replyChannel) = agent.Receive()
            match msg with 
            | int.MaxValue -> replyChannel.Reply (Error (Failure "Boom!"))
            | _ as i -> replyChannel.Reply (Response(i + 1))
            return! loop() 
          }
        loop())

    member x.PostAndAsyncReply i =
        Async.StartAsTask (
          async {
            let! res = counter.PostAndAsyncReply (fun channel -> Increment(i, channel))
            match res with
            | Response i -> return i
            | Error e -> return (raise e)
          }
        )
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