I imagine you could do this with child_process.execSync in v0.12. But please don't!
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Aria Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Oct 24, 2014, at 12:44 AM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been following async to sync discussions for years but I have one > fundamental question. Is it possible to wrap an async function in a > library such that it can be called from code that is written expecting a > sync function? In other words could I make a library containing a > readFileSync function that uses fs.readFile? > > Using something like generators inside the library is legal as long as the > caller isn't aware of this. Requiring the caller code to do a transpile is > not legal. > > I should mention that this is for a node environment emulation that places > calls over the network using proxies. The readFileSync code obviously > can't go in a busy-wait loop waiting for the result from the net. > > > There is not. Generators are close, but require the caller to also be > function *, all the way down. > > -- > Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > New group rules: > https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md > Old group rules: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/91E5EB65-E08E-49B0-9E61-8DE860613262%40nbtsc.org > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/91E5EB65-E08E-49B0-9E61-8DE860613262%40nbtsc.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/CAPm8pjpBZRBqk92Czta6G1pZ75B3Hy%3DU-n621m9OuswQc72eTg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
