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What's the star in "function *(){}" for ? EDIT: Answer: that's how "generator functions" are recognized. http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=harmony:generat

by zimbatm 13y ago

What's the star in "function *(){}" for ? EDIT: Answer: that's how "generator functions" are recognized. http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=harmony:generators http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=harmony:generators

goldenkey 13y ago
Thanks, I was wondering the same thing. "A function named star you say?" Heh :-)
vbv 13y ago
Does node.js support the * though. I tried their example and getting this: app.use(function *(next){ ^ SyntaxError: Unexpected token * at Module._compile (module.js:439:25) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10) at Module.load (module.js:356:32) at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12) at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10) at startup (node.js:119:16) at node.js:901:3
- coderzach 13y ago
  You probably need the `--harmony-generators` or `--harmony` flag.
- baudehlo 13y ago
  It requires node v0.11.3 or above and the --harmony-generators flag at launch. Or use gnode, which will down-compile it to ES5 for current stable node.