// Read two files in at the same time again,
// but this time use a function pointer instead
// of an alias to represent std.file.read.
import std.file;

void main()
{
    // Create and execute a Task for reading
    // foo.txt.
    auto file1Task = task(&read!string, "foo.txt", size_t.max);
    file1Task.executeInNewThread();

    // Read bar.txt in parallel.
    auto file2Data = read("bar.txt");

    // Get the results of reading foo.txt.
    auto file1Data = file1Task.yieldForce;
}

Notes: This function takes a non-scope delegate, meaning it can be used with closures. If you can't allocate a closure due to objects on the stack that have scoped destruction, see scopedTask, which takes a scope delegate.