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Re:V8 adds support for top-level await by jraph on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @07:16PM (#21065723)
Wow, I had completely forgotten the existence of void in JavaScript.

Why is it needed here? To force an expression without using the parentheses?

Edit: Yes, it seems so, and this usage with functions is explicitly documented there: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...

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Re:V8 adds support for top-level await by ericlewis on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @10:31PM (#21067013)
Yep. Exactly why. Seems silly since it doesn’t really care for types in the first place.
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