var foo_future = io.async(foo, .{args});
defer if (foo_future.cancel(io)) |resource| resource.deinit() else |_| {}
var bar_future = io.async(bar, .{args});
defer if (bar_future.cancel(io)) |resource| resource.deinit() else |_| {}
const foo_result = try foo_future.await(io);
const bar_result = try bar_future.await(io);
My assumption is that calling io.async using an event loop implementation of IO, it will internally start a "task" (or whatever it should be called) and that the future is a handle to it. So far so good.