//Reduce -- done synchronously
public T Reduce(ReduceWork rw)
{
//if mCount is 0 then throws IndexOutOfRangeException
if (mCount == 0)
{
throw new IndexOutOfRangeException();
}
//initial value is the first element
var cur = mList[0];
//loop through the other elements, if there are any
for (int i = 1; i < mCount; i++)
{
//update the accumulator using rw
cur = rw(cur, mList[i]);
}
//return the accumulation
return(cur);
}
//Reduce -- done asynchronously
public async Task <T> ReduceAsync(ReduceWork rw)
{
//do reduce asynchronously and return the Task<T> that belongs to it
return(await Task.Run(() => { return Reduce(rw); }));
}
