Kris, you're conflating macrotasks and microtasks [1]. This has come up a couple times before and there have been issues raised by browser venders[2][3].
1. https://github.com/YuzuJS/setImmediate#macrotasks-and-microtasks 2. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686201 3. https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/blink-dev/Hn3GxRLXmR0/XP9xcY_gBPQJ On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 2:51 AM Kris Siegel <[email protected]> wrote: > This seems more like a platform-level feature versus something that needs > to be part of the ECMAScript standard. Also, keep in mind it's rarely a > good idea to explicitly call nextTick() in node as it executes the code > immediately after the current code is finished and before the next, > scheduled code (this can cause issues with processing I/O if you're doing > it too frequently). > > In a browser you can sorta emulate similar behavior through IE's > setImmediate(), using postMessage() or even the requestAnimationFrame(). > Granted none of those are exactly like nextTick() and I wouldn't mind > seeing something like setImmediate() become more of a standard but this > isn't for the ECMAScript group. > > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Isiah Meadows <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> It's a relatively low-level operation, but in performance-sensitive >> async code and polyfills, there's still a strong need for raw >> microtask scheduling, at a much lower level than promises. In >> particular, there's two very frequently used modules providing a >> wrapper for this specific thing: >> >> 1. next-tick: A browser polyfill for Node's `process.nextTick`, with >> over 2M downloads last month and 88 direct dependents. >> 2. asap: A microtask scheduler that avoids blocking Node's I/O loop, >> with over 7M downloads last month and 88 direct dependents. >> >> In addition, several libraries like Bluebird have to implement their >> own wrappers to gain similar functionality without assuming another >> dependency. >> >> Any chance something like Node's `process.nextTick` could be added, >> maybe something like `Promise.schedule(func, thisArg, ...args)`? >> >> ----- >> >> Isiah Meadows >> [email protected] >> >> Looking for web consulting? Or a new website? >> Send me an email and we can get started. >> www.isiahmeadows.com >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >
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