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Isaac Z. Schlueter  
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 More options Feb 1 2010, 2:16 am
From: "Isaac Z. Schlueter" <i...@foohack.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:16:23 -0800 (PST)
Local: Mon, Feb 1 2010 2:16 am
Subject: Re: Promises, callbacks, Continuables and more
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+1. Removing promises would rock.

I'm quite a fan of the double-barreled callback/"continuable" style.

  posix.cat("file")(success, error);
  posix.cat("file")(success); // default error just throws

On Jan 31, 11:44 am, Ryan Dahl <coldredle...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Ryan Dahl <coldredle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 7:02 AM, inimino <inim...@inimino.org> wrote:
> >> If node does move to an entirely callback-based API, I would prefer
> >> a "double-barreled" style with separate callbacks for success and
> >> failure.

> > One of the advantages of removing promises entirely would be
> > simplifying the docs. I'd prefer node to be 'only i/o' - except in
> > situations where it makes it very difficult to use without support -
> > e.g. having 'require'.

> (most importantly, not having to support wait() anymore)


 
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