Syncify.js – Eliminates the need for callbacks in the browser

Re:Syncify.js – Eliminates the need for callbacks in the bro... by igl on Sunday May 10, 2015 @11:36AM (#9520199)

It basicly a wrapper around Promises.

Nothing of your sync functions work until after you do syncify.revert which gives you a function taking a CALLBACK.

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Re:Syncify.js – Eliminates the need for callbacks in the bro... by dmak on Sunday May 10, 2015 @01:10PM (#9520545)

I get promises, but in this example:

function getFullName( id ){ return ajax( "/user/" + id + "/name" ) + " " + ajax( "/user/" + id + "/lastname" ) }

How does it know to to wait for both ajax functions before returning the correct value? Am I misunderstanding something?

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Re:Syncify.js – Eliminates the need for callbacks in the bro... by zackmorris on Sunday May 10, 2015 @03:35PM (#9521052)

See my response to virulent. I believe it re-runs the parent function multiple times until all of the child ajax functions have evaluated to their return values. This probably explains why the author states that the child functions must be idempotent (edit: and the code readonly in its entirety to prevent side effects).

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