SingleInstanceTask has distinct steps for creation of the object, and
starting the task. If a different coroutine is waiting on the
SingleInstanceTask, it isn't safe to directly call
SingleInstanceTask.wait() as the task may or may not have been created
yet.
Existing code usage of SingleInstanceTask is in 4 categories, with
reguards to SingleInstanceTask.wait():
1) using SingleInstanceTask without using SingleInstanceTask.wait().
This is unchanged.
2) using SingleInstanceTask.wait without a check on task is not None.
This may be safe now, but is fragile in the face of innocent-looking
refactors around the SingleInstanceTask.
3) using SingleInstanceTask.wait after confirming that the task is not
None. This is fine but a leaky abstraction.
4) directly waiting on the SingleInstanceTask.task. Another leaky
abstraction, but it's solving a cancellation problem. Leaving this
alone.
By enhancing SingleInstanceTask.wait(), cases 2 and 3 are improved. The
code not checking the task today is made safer, and the code checking
the task today can be simplified.
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