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* Document that Symbol can used as event names.
* Add test for using Symbol as event names

PR-URL: #4151
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
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bengl authored and jasnell committed Dec 14, 2015
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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions doc/api/events.markdown
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You can access this module by doing: `require("events");`

Typically, event names are represented by a camel-cased string, however,
there aren't any strict restrictions on that, as any string will be accepted.
there aren't any strict restrictions on that, as any valid property key will be
accepted.

Functions can then be attached to objects, to be executed when an event
is emitted. These functions are called _listeners_. Inside a listener
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### Event: 'newListener'

* `event` {String} The event name
* `event` {String|Symbol} The event name
* `listener` {Function} The event handler function

This event is emitted *before* a listener is added. When this event is
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### Event: 'removeListener'

* `event` {String} The event name
* `event` {String|Symbol} The event name
* `listener` {Function} The event handler function

This event is emitted *after* a listener is removed. When this event is
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23 changes: 23 additions & 0 deletions test/parallel/test-event-emitter-symbols.js
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'use strict';

const common = require('../common');
const EventEmitter = require('events');
const assert = require('assert');

const ee = new EventEmitter();
const foo = Symbol('foo');
const listener = common.mustCall(function() {});

ee.on(foo, listener);
assert.deepEqual(ee.listeners(foo), [listener]);

ee.emit(foo);

ee.removeAllListeners();
assert.deepEqual(ee.listeners(foo), []);

ee.on(foo, listener);
assert.deepEqual(ee.listeners(foo), [listener]);

ee.removeListener(foo, listener);
assert.deepEqual(ee.listeners(foo), []);

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