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Someone please correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure await has to be within an async function [0]. [0] https://github.com/tc39/ecmascript-asyncawait/iss

Someone please correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure await has to be within an async function [0]. [0] https://github.com/tc39/ecmascript-asyncawait/issues/36 https://github.com/tc39/ecmascript-asyncawait/issues/36

Klathmon 10y ago
Yeah but we can use the same "trick" we've been using for years, an IIFE: (async () => { // Code... })()
- denisw 10y ago
  This will wait within the function, but won't block the caller.
  - Klathmon 10y ago
    which is what it should do If you want the caller to "block", then it needs to await or .then() what it's calling.