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Re:Node v8.0.0 Released by flai on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @04:36PM (#14448331)
async / await works only with Promises. As the name util.promisfy indicates, it generates promises.

You never need use use async / await.

Re:Node v8.0.0 Released by drinchev on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @04:43PM (#14448389)
Thanks. I actually wrote the comment, because of :

> This enables writing code using async and await at all times, which is what any sane developer would do when writing code for Node.js.

Re:Node v8.0.0 Released by egeozcan on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @05:57PM (#14448875)
Async and await do not make your code work synchronously, they make it look like synchronous.