Status on async / await straight through compilation?

[ozra]

I know there is a number of issues on this and related, I just post this to get a fresh up to date perspective.

I'm back to some contract nodejs-coding for the first time in a few years of mainly systems coding. Now it seems Koa and similar frameworks are established enough to be usable. So of course I want to do that. And of course I want to code in LiveScript.

So, what gives?

• Will bonafide (no "magic" compilation) async and await keywords come in main distro LiveScript soon?
• Otherwise, which fork is best maintained (following gkz/) with the feature, any consensus in the LS-community?

[vendethiel]

#836 is interesting, but has no tests. The PR should still work, since lsc doesn't move very fast.
You'd need @rhendric 's approval though.

Doesn't co work with yield though? Did Koa switch to full async/await?

Otherwise, which fork is best maintained (following gkz/) with the feature

I only know of @summivox 's fork

any consensus in the LS-community?

I don't think that's active enough to reach such a consensus.

[ozra]

Thanks for the intell @vendethiel! I've just started gathering intell on what techs to use for the nodejs part.

LS is a given, even though I will most likely compile it down to JS further down the line for other developers to maintain.

From what I've quickly gleaned Koa2 seems to go the async / await road.

I'm gonna evaluate available options a bit more before nailing down the roadmap.

Thanks again!

[ozra]

I can only hope #836 will end up in a release soon.

Is lack of tests and documentation what hinders it from happening?

For now I'm trying out the livescript-async npm uploaded by @gkovacs.

[rhendric]

Tests at least. (I don't have a plan for dealing with LS documentation issues in general; the website hasn't been updated since the 1.4 release and I haven't looked into what it would take to bring it up to date.)

I haven't reviewed the code in that PR yet; I'm waiting for its author to add tests and tell me that it's ready for a review, since it's been a work in progress for so long. If review turns up any issues, obviously someone will have to deal with those.

[summivox]

I'm on vacation and honestly I haven't been able to spare time on this project for quite a while. Ryan can you take over?

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 13:21 Ryan Hendrickson ***@***.***> wrote: Tests at least. (I don't have a plan for dealing with LS documentation issues in general; the website hasn't been updated since the 1.4 release and I haven't looked into what it would take to bring it up to date.) I haven't reviewed the code in that PR yet; I'm waiting for its author to add tests and tell me that it's ready for a review, since it's been a work in progress for so long. If review turns up any issues, obviously someone will have to deal with those. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#977 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABsEGU5CTHVcgPPzfPSbeycndoogL8mhks5skCJUgaJpZM4PcaiP> .

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[rhendric]

I don't have a lot of disposable time, myself. Someone who feels strongly about having this feature in official LiveScript should pick it up in this case.

[gkovacs]

@rhendric I'm happy to pick this up as I've been using this feature in production for several months now, I've made a new pull request containing tests at #978 please review when you have time, thank you.

[rhendric]

#978 has landed!