Right it makes sense, should have thought about that! An `awaitAll` (or other syntax) could be nice but it seems the general opinion is against.
On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 1:22 AM, kdex <[email protected]> wrote: > It's especially beneficial for designing APIs where you don't care about if > users pass you a `Promise` or the actual data to work with. > > Imagine a scenario where you would like to remove a set of files: > > ```js > async function remove(filesArray) { > const files = await filesArray; > /* … work with `files` here …*/ > } > ``` > > In the scenario above, you could pass an array of files, or a `Promise` > that resolves > to said array; the function accepts both. > > On Wednesday, October 26, 2016 1:03:37 AM CEST Olivier Lalonde wrote: > > I didn't realize `await` could be used on non-`Promise`s, never mind. I > > wonder why that is, seems strange. Maybe so that async functions could be > > more easily swapped out with sync ones in code? I do think `Promise.all` > > should deserve special treatment because it is so common, unlike > > Promise.race (who uses that seriously?) and future combinators. But I'm > not > > sure it is worth introducing new syntax for. > > > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 12:33 AM, Jordan Harband <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Your suggestion would preclude having a promise for an array (exactly > what > > > `Promise.all` returns). > > > > > > If you want `await` syntax for `Promise.all`, you'd need different > syntax > > > for it - and then, what about `Promise.race`? What about other future > > > combinators? > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 12:25 AM, Olivier Lalonde <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> I don't think so, what do you mean? > > >> > > >> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 12:22 AM, Raul-Sebastian Mihăilă < > > >> [email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Then Promise.resolve([p1, p2]) should be like Promise.all([p1, p2]) ? > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> es-discuss mailing list > > >>> [email protected] > > >>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> - Oli > > >> > > >> Oli Lalonde > > >> http://www.syskall.com <-- connect with me! > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> es-discuss mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > -- - Oli Oli Lalonde http://www.syskall.com <-- connect with me!
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