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Re:Node.js 16 Available Now by eloff on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @01:41PM (#26892931)
That's not true if you just return the promise instead of using return await, right?
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Re:Node.js 16 Available Now by junon on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @10:04PM (#26897903)
No. `async` on a function automatically defers it even if the return value is immediate.

> async function foo() { return "hello"; } foo().then(console.log); console.log("after")

after hello

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