| # co | |
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| Generator based control flow goodness for nodejs and the browser, | |
| using promises, letting you write non-blocking code in a nice-ish way. | |
| ## Co v4 | |
| `co@4.0.0` has been released, which now relies on promises. | |
| It is a stepping stone towards [ES7 async/await](https://github.com/lukehoban/ecmascript-asyncawait). | |
| The primary API change is how `co()` is invoked. | |
| Before, `co` returned a "thunk", which you then called with a callback and optional arguments. | |
| Now, `co()` returns a promise. | |
| ```js | |
| co(function* () { | |
| var result = yield Promise.resolve(true); | |
| return result; | |
| }).then(function (value) { | |
| console.log(value); | |
| }, function (err) { | |
| console.error(err.stack); | |
| }); | |
| ``` | |
| If you want to convert a `co`-generator-function into a regular function that returns a promise, | |
| you now use `co.wrap(fn*)`. | |
| ```js | |
| var fn = co.wrap(function* (val) { | |
| return yield Promise.resolve(val); | |
| }); | |
| fn(true).then(function (val) { | |
| }); | |
| ``` | |
| ## Platform Compatibility | |
| `co@4+` requires a `Promise` implementation. | |
| For versions of node `< 0.11` and for many older browsers, | |
| you should/must include your own `Promise` polyfill. | |
| When using node 0.11.x or greater, you must use the `--harmony-generators` | |
| flag or just `--harmony` to get access to generators. | |
| When using node 0.10.x and lower or browsers without generator support, | |
| you must use [gnode](https://github.com/TooTallNate/gnode) and/or [regenerator](http://facebook.github.io/regenerator/). | |
| io.js is supported out of the box, you can use `co` without flags or polyfills. | |
| ## Installation | |
| ``` | |
| $ npm install co | |
| ``` | |
| ## Associated libraries | |
| Any library that returns promises work well with `co`. | |
| - [mz](https://github.com/normalize/mz) - wrap all of node's code libraries as promises. | |
| View the [wiki](https://github.com/visionmedia/co/wiki) for more libraries. | |
| ## Examples | |
| ```js | |
| var co = require('co'); | |
| co(function *(){ | |
| // yield any promise | |
| var result = yield Promise.resolve(true); | |
| }).catch(onerror); | |
| co(function *(){ | |
| // resolve multiple promises in parallel | |
| var a = Promise.resolve(1); | |
| var b = Promise.resolve(2); | |
| var c = Promise.resolve(3); | |
| var res = yield [a, b, c]; | |
| console.log(res); | |
| // => [1, 2, 3] | |
| }).catch(onerror); | |
| // errors can be try/catched | |
| co(function *(){ | |
| try { | |
| yield Promise.reject(new Error('boom')); | |
| } catch (err) { | |
| console.error(err.message); // "boom" | |
| } | |
| }).catch(onerror); | |
| function onerror(err) { | |
| // log any uncaught errors | |
| // co will not throw any errors you do not handle!!! | |
| // HANDLE ALL YOUR ERRORS!!! | |
| console.error(err.stack); | |
| } | |
| ``` | |
| ## Yieldables | |
| The `yieldable` objects currently supported are: | |
| - promises | |
| - thunks (functions) | |
| - array (parallel execution) | |
| - objects (parallel execution) | |
| - generators (delegation) | |
| - generator functions (delegation) | |
| Nested `yieldable` objects are supported, meaning you can nest | |
| promises within objects within arrays, and so on! | |
| ### Promises | |
| [Read more on promises!](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise) | |
| ### Thunks | |
| Thunks are functions that only have a single argument, a callback. | |
| Thunk support only remains for backwards compatibility and may | |
| be removed in future versions of `co`. | |
| ### Arrays | |
| `yield`ing an array will resolve all the `yieldables` in parallel. | |
| ```js | |
| co(function* () { | |
| var res = yield [ | |
| Promise.resolve(1), | |
| Promise.resolve(2), | |
| Promise.resolve(3), | |
| ]; | |
| console.log(res); // => [1, 2, 3] | |
| }).catch(onerror); | |
| ``` | |
| ### Objects | |
| Just like arrays, objects resolve all `yieldable`s in parallel. | |
| ```js | |
| co(function* () { | |
| var res = yield { | |
| 1: Promise.resolve(1), | |
| 2: Promise.resolve(2), | |
| }; | |
| console.log(res); // => { 1: 1, 2: 2 } | |
| }).catch(onerror); | |
| ``` | |
| ### Generators and Generator Functions | |
| Any generator or generator function you can pass into `co` | |
| can be yielded as well. This should generally be avoided | |
| as we should be moving towards spec-compliant `Promise`s instead. | |
| ## API | |
| ### co(fn*).then( val => ) | |
| Returns a promise that resolves a generator, generator function, | |
| or any function that returns a generator. | |
| ```js | |
| co(function* () { | |
| return yield Promise.resolve(true); | |
| }).then(function (val) { | |
| console.log(val); | |
| }, function (err) { | |
| console.error(err.stack); | |
| }); | |
| ``` | |
| ### var fn = co.wrap(fn*) | |
| Convert a generator into a regular function that returns a `Promise`. | |
| ```js | |
| var fn = co.wrap(function* (val) { | |
| return yield Promise.resolve(val); | |
| }); | |
| fn(true).then(function (val) { | |
| }); | |
| ``` | |
| ## License | |
| MIT | |
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