Tracking issue: part 1, beginners guide

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Tracking issue for part 1 of the book. For keeping track of feedback, TODOs, etc.

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Rename 'advanced async/await' to 'more async/await'

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Comment on performance motivation: https://bsky.app/profile/graydon-pub.bsky.social/post/3laz2lsae6s22

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We can tighten up the language around function signatures for async block functions in the adv async/await chapter (see #236 (comment)). Probably after 2024 edition released

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Cancellation, cancellation safety, and structured concurrency

There's been a lot of discussion on how we should cover cancellation and cancellation safety (which intersects with whether and how we should teach structured concurrency). I think these are important topics for the book, and I'd like to work out a proper plan. This also impacts how we should talk about select, etc.

• Discussion on review comment
• Zulip thread

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More on cancellation - as I'm writing about cancellation on its own and select and structured concurrency, I am seeing a lot of overlap, so note to self to go back and make sure it all makes sense and isn't too repetitive.

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Note to make sure we introduce fusing futures/streams somewhere and link from the select section.