On: Node v8.0.0 Released

[styfle]

Correct. Most node core APIs are written this way and now core ships an utility function[0] to wrap those functions in a promise.

[0]: https://medium.com/@styfle/promises-in-node-js-8-x-core-d6a8...

[mastax → styfle]

It seems to me that Node should ship promisify-ed versions of all these functions (e.g. fs.readFileAsync). Over time they could replace the implementation with ones that use the OS Async APIs, though perhaps this step is unnecessary if you're already using an event loop underneath.

[lhnz → mastax]

Until then you can use `mz` for a modernised API[0].

[0] https://github.com/normalize/mz

[NoInkling → mastax]

I mean, they've been debating about how to add a promisified API for years (see for example https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5020) but nothing has come of it. util.promisify is a welcome addition, but very late for a first step.

[abalashov → mastax]

How incredibly uncanny. Just yesterday morning, I posted this question!

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44260289/using-native-es...