== Tasks

<<task, Tasks>> are lazy, which means they won't do anything before awaited or spwaned.

[source,cpp]
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cobalt::task<int> my_task()
{
   co_await do_the_thing();
   co_return 0;
}

cobalt::main co_main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
    // create the task here
    auto t = my_task();
    // do something else here first
    co_await do_the_other_thing();
    // start and wait for the task to complete
    auto res = co_await t;
    co_return res;
}
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