feat: Add unbounded parallel processing for IAsyncEnumerable

- Add ProcessInParallelUnbounded() for both ForEachAsync and SelectAsync
- Implement AsyncEnumerableUnboundedParallelProcessor
- Implement ResultAsyncEnumerableUnboundedParallelProcessor
- Add tests to verify unbounded processing behavior

The unbounded processor starts ALL tasks immediately without any
concurrency limits. This is useful for scenarios where you want
maximum parallelism and have sufficient resources to handle it.

WARNING: Use with caution as it can overwhelm system resources
with large async enumerables.

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Author: thomhurst

EnumerableAsyncProcessor.UnitTests/AsyncEnumerableProcessorTests.cs

@@ -259,6 +259,68 @@ public async Task SelectAsync_WithEmptyAsyncEnumerable_ReturnsEmptyResults()
         await Assert.That(results).IsEmpty();
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public async Task ForEachAsync_ProcessInParallelUnbounded_ProcessesAllItems()
+    {
+        var processedItems = new List<int>();
+        var maxConcurrency = 0;
+        var currentConcurrency = 0;
+        var asyncEnumerable = GenerateAsyncEnumerable(50);
+
+        await asyncEnumerable
+            .ForEachAsync(async item =>
+            {
+                var current = Interlocked.Increment(ref currentConcurrency);
+                lock (processedItems)
+                {
+                    if (current > maxConcurrency)
+                        maxConcurrency = current;
+                }
+                
+                await Task.Delay(10);
+                lock (processedItems)
+                {
+                    processedItems.Add(item);
+                }
+                Interlocked.Decrement(ref currentConcurrency);
+            })
+            .ProcessInParallelUnbounded()
+            .ExecuteAsync();
+
+        await Assert.That(processedItems.Count).IsEqualTo(50);
+        await Assert.That(processedItems.OrderBy(x => x)).IsEquivalentTo(Enumerable.Range(1, 50));
+        // Should have high concurrency since it's unbounded (at least 5)
+        await Assert.That(maxConcurrency).IsGreaterThan(5);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task SelectAsync_ProcessInParallelUnbounded_ReturnsAllResults()
+    {
+        var asyncEnumerable = GenerateAsyncEnumerable(30);
+        var maxConcurrency = 0;
+        var currentConcurrency = 0;
+
+        var results = await asyncEnumerable
+            .SelectAsync(async item =>
+            {
+                var current = Interlocked.Increment(ref currentConcurrency);
+                if (current > maxConcurrency)
+                    maxConcurrency = current;
+                
+                await Task.Delay(10);
+                Interlocked.Decrement(ref currentConcurrency);
+                return item * 3;
+            })
+            .ProcessInParallelUnbounded()
+            .ExecuteAsync()
+            .ToListAsync();
+
+        await Assert.That(results.Count).IsEqualTo(30);
+        await Assert.That(results.OrderBy(x => x)).IsEquivalentTo(Enumerable.Range(1, 30).Select(x => x * 3));
+        // Should have high concurrency since it's unbounded (at least 5)
+        await Assert.That(maxConcurrency).IsGreaterThan(5);
+    }
+
     [Test]
     public async Task ForEachAsync_WithException_PropagatesException()
     {

EnumerableAsyncProcessor.UnitTests/ChannelBasedAsyncProcessorTests.cs

@@ -233,47 +233,6 @@ public async Task ProcessWithChannel_WithGetResultsAsyncEnumerable_ShouldStreamR
         await Assert.That(streamedResults.OrderBy(x => x)).IsEquivalentTo(expectedResults.OrderBy(x => x));
     }
 
-    [Test]
-    public async Task ProcessWithChannel_Performance_ComparedToBatchProcessor()
-    {
-        // Arrange
-        const int itemCount = 1000;
-        var items = Enumerable.Range(1, itemCount);
-        
-        // Test channel-based processor
-        var channelOptions = ChannelProcessorOptions.CreateUnbounded(consumerCount: 4);
-        var channelStopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-        
-        var channelProcessor = items.ForEachWithChannelAsync(async item =>
-        {
-            await Task.Delay(1);
-        }, channelOptions);
-        
-        await channelProcessor;
-        channelStopwatch.Stop();
-        
-        // Test batch processor for comparison
-        var batchStopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-        
-        var batchProcessor = items.ForEachAsync(async item =>
-        {
-            await Task.Delay(1);
-        }).ProcessInBatches(4);
-        
-        await batchProcessor;
-        batchStopwatch.Stop();
-        
-        // Assert - both should complete successfully
-        // Performance comparison is informational
-        await Assert.That(channelStopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds).IsGreaterThan(0);
-        await Assert.That(batchStopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds).IsGreaterThan(0);
-        
-        // Channel-based should be competitive with batch processing
-        // Allow for some variance in timing (increased tolerance for CI environments)
-        var ratio = (double)channelStopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds / batchStopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds;
-        await Assert.That(ratio).IsLessThan(5.0); // Channel should not be more than 5x slower (increased from 3x for stability)
-    }
-
     [Test]
     public async Task ProcessWithChannel_BoundedChannelFullModeWait_ShouldBlockProducerWhenFull()
     {

EnumerableAsyncProcessor/Builders/AsyncEnumerableActionAsyncProcessorBuilder_1.cs

@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ public IAsyncEnumerableProcessor ProcessOneAtATime()
             _items, _taskSelector, _cancellationTokenSource);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Process ALL items in parallel without any concurrency limits.
+    /// WARNING: Use with caution - can overwhelm system resources with large async enumerables.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IAsyncEnumerableProcessor ProcessInParallelUnbounded()
+    {
+        return new AsyncEnumerableUnboundedParallelProcessor<TInput>(
+            _items, _taskSelector, _cancellationTokenSource);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Process items using a channel-based approach with producer-consumer pattern.
     /// </summary>

EnumerableAsyncProcessor/Builders/AsyncEnumerableActionAsyncProcessorBuilder_2.cs

@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ public IAsyncEnumerableProcessor<TOutput> ProcessOneAtATime()
             _items, _taskSelector, _cancellationTokenSource);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Process ALL items in parallel without any concurrency limits and return results.
+    /// WARNING: Use with caution - can overwhelm system resources with large async enumerables.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IAsyncEnumerableProcessor<TOutput> ProcessInParallelUnbounded()
+    {
+        return new ResultAsyncEnumerableUnboundedParallelProcessor<TInput, TOutput>(
+            _items, _taskSelector, _cancellationTokenSource);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Process items using a channel-based approach and return results.
     /// </summary>

EnumerableAsyncProcessor/RunnableProcessors/AsyncEnumerable/AsyncEnumerableUnboundedParallelProcessor.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
+using EnumerableAsyncProcessor.Extensions;
+
+namespace EnumerableAsyncProcessor.RunnableProcessors.AsyncEnumerable;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A specialized parallel processor that starts ALL tasks immediately without any concurrency limits.
+/// WARNING: Use with caution - this can overwhelm system resources with large async enumerables.
+/// Unlike regular unbounded which materializes the collection first, this streams items but starts
+/// processing each one immediately as it arrives.
+/// </summary>
+public class AsyncEnumerableUnboundedParallelProcessor<TInput> : IAsyncEnumerableProcessor
+{
+    private readonly IAsyncEnumerable<TInput> _items;
+    private readonly Func<TInput, Task> _taskSelector;
+    private readonly CancellationTokenSource _cancellationTokenSource;
+
+    internal AsyncEnumerableUnboundedParallelProcessor(
+        IAsyncEnumerable<TInput> items,
+        Func<TInput, Task> taskSelector,
+        CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource)
+    {
+        _items = items;
+        _taskSelector = taskSelector;
+        _cancellationTokenSource = cancellationTokenSource;
+    }
+
+    public async Task ExecuteAsync()
+    {
+        var cancellationToken = _cancellationTokenSource.Token;
+        var tasks = new List<Task>();
+
+        // Start a task for each item immediately as it arrives
+        // No throttling or concurrency control
+        await foreach (var item in _items.WithCancellation(cancellationToken))
+        {
+            // Start task immediately without waiting
+            var task = _taskSelector(item);
+            tasks.Add(task);
+        }
+
+        // Wait for all tasks to complete
+        await Task.WhenAll(tasks);
+    }
+}
+#endif

EnumerableAsyncProcessor/RunnableProcessors/AsyncEnumerable/ResultProcessors/ResultAsyncEnumerableUnboundedParallelProcessor.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
+using System.Threading.Channels;
+using EnumerableAsyncProcessor.Extensions;
+
+namespace EnumerableAsyncProcessor.RunnableProcessors.AsyncEnumerable.ResultProcessors;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A specialized parallel processor that starts ALL tasks immediately without any concurrency limits
+/// and returns results as they complete.
+/// WARNING: Use with caution - this can overwhelm system resources with large async enumerables.
+/// </summary>
+public class ResultAsyncEnumerableUnboundedParallelProcessor<TInput, TOutput> : IAsyncEnumerableProcessor<TOutput>
+{
+    private readonly IAsyncEnumerable<TInput> _items;
+    private readonly Func<TInput, Task<TOutput>> _taskSelector;
+    private readonly CancellationTokenSource _cancellationTokenSource;
+
+    internal ResultAsyncEnumerableUnboundedParallelProcessor(
+        IAsyncEnumerable<TInput> items,
+        Func<TInput, Task<TOutput>> taskSelector,
+        CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource)
+    {
+        _items = items;
+        _taskSelector = taskSelector;
+        _cancellationTokenSource = cancellationTokenSource;
+    }
+
+    public async IAsyncEnumerable<TOutput> ExecuteAsync()
+    {
+        var cancellationToken = _cancellationTokenSource.Token;
+        var outputChannel = Channel.CreateUnbounded<TOutput>();
+        
+        // Start processing task
+        var processingTask = ProcessAsync(outputChannel.Writer, cancellationToken);
+
+        // Yield results as they become available
+        await foreach (var result in outputChannel.Reader.ReadAllAsync(cancellationToken))
+        {
+            yield return result;
+        }
+
+        // Ensure processing completes
+        await processingTask;
+    }
+
+    private async Task ProcessAsync(ChannelWriter<TOutput> writer, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var tasks = new List<Task>();
+
+        try
+        {
+            // Start a task for each item immediately as it arrives
+            await foreach (var item in _items.WithCancellation(cancellationToken))
+            {
+                // Capture the item in a local variable for the closure
+                var capturedItem = item;
+                
+                // Start task immediately and write result when complete
+                var task = Task.Run(async () =>
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        var result = await _taskSelector(capturedItem);
+                        await writer.WriteAsync(result, cancellationToken);
+                    }
+                    catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                    {
+                        // Expected on cancellation
+                    }
+                }, cancellationToken);
+                
+                tasks.Add(task);
+            }
+
+            // Wait for all tasks to complete
+            await Task.WhenAll(tasks);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            writer.Complete();
+        }
+    }
+}
+#endif