I suggest avoiding the term "non-async" when explaining the problem. Async is short for asynchronous and a non-asynchronous function is a synchronous function and that is not what you mean. e.g. Although loopWithDelayNonAsync isn't an instance of AsyncFunction it is an "async" (commonly used in code as shorthand for "asynchronous") function as it returns a Promise (which represents the fulfillment of an asynchronous operation).
One simple way to avoid this ambiguity would be: "How would you go about implementing a state-machine-style version of the following async function without using the async/await keywords ..."
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I was actually contemplating how to avoid this ambiguity, but decided to stick with "non-async" for its literal meaning, no async modifier. Moreover, an asynchronous (in common sense) function doesn't even have to return a Promise, it can be any thenable. Anyhow, it's a great point, thank you. I agree I need to change the wording, and I think I'd also add "... without yield" :)
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I suggest avoiding the term "non-async" when explaining the problem. Async is short for asynchronous and a non-asynchronous function is a synchronous function and that is not what you mean. e.g. Although
loopWithDelayNonAsyncisn't an instance ofAsyncFunctionit is an "async" (commonly used in code as shorthand for "asynchronous") function as it returns aPromise(which represents the fulfillment of an asynchronous operation).One simple way to avoid this ambiguity would be: "How would you go about implementing a state-machine-style version of the following
asyncfunction without using theasync/awaitkeywords ..."I was actually contemplating how to avoid this ambiguity, but decided to stick with "non-async" for its literal meaning, no
asyncmodifier. Moreover, an asynchronous (in common sense) function doesn't even have to return aPromise, it can be any thenable. Anyhow, it's a great point, thank you. I agree I need to change the wording, and I think I'd also add "... withoutyield" :)