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JS AsyncFunction

The AsyncFunction constructor creates new async function objects. It allows defining async functions using a string for the function body rather than an expression. Async functions created with AsyncFunction do not close over the context in which the constructor was called and can only access local and global variables.

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JS AsyncFunction

The AsyncFunction constructor creates new async function objects. It allows defining async functions using a string for the function body rather than an expression. Async functions created with AsyncFunction do not close over the context in which the constructor was called and can only access local and global variables.

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The AsyncFunction constructor creates a new async function object.

In
JavaScript every asynchronous function is actually
an AsyncFunction object.
Note that AsyncFunction is not a global object. It could be obtained by
evaluating the following code.
Object.getPrototypeOf(async function(){}).constructor

Syntax
new AsyncFunction([arg1[, arg2[, ...argN]],] functionBody)

Parameters
arg1, arg2, ... argN
Names to be used by the function as formal argument names. Each
must be a string that corresponds to a valid JavaScript identifier or a
list of such strings separated with a comma; for example "x",
"theValue", or "a,b".
functionBody
A string containing the JavaScript statements comprising the function
definition.

Description
async function objects created with the AsyncFunction constructor are
parsed when the function is created. This is less efficient than declaring
an async function with an async function expression and calling it
within your code, because such functions are parsed with the rest of the
code.
All arguments passed to the function are treated as the names of the
identifiers of the parameters in the function to be created, in the order in
which they are passed.

Note: async functions created with the AsyncFunction constructor do not


create closures to their creation contexts; they are always created in the global
scope. When running them, they will only be able to access their own local
variables and global ones, not the ones from the scope in which
the AsyncFunction constructor was called. This is different from using eval with
code for a async function expression.
Invoking the AsyncFunction constructor as a function (without using
the new operator) has the same effect as invoking it as a constructor.
Properties
AsyncFunction.length
The AsyncFunction constructor's length property whose value is 1.
AsyncFunction.prototype
Allows the addition of properties to all async function objects.

AsyncFunction prototype object


Properties
AsyncFunction.constructor
The initial value is AsyncFunction.
AsyncFunction.prototype[@@toStringTag]
Returns "AsyncFunction".

AsyncFunction instances
AsyncFunction instances inherit methods and properties
from AsyncFunction.prototype. As with all constructors, you can change
the constructor's prototype object to make changes to
all AsyncFunction instances.
Examples
Creating an async function from an AsyncFunction constructor
function resolveAfter2Seconds(x) {
return new Promise(resolve => {
setTimeout(() => {
resolve(x);
}, 2000);
});
}

var AsyncFunction = Object.getPrototypeOf(async function()


{}).constructor
var a = new AsyncFunction('a',
'b',
'return await resolveAfter2Seconds(a) +
await resolveAfter2Seconds(b);');

a(10, 20).then(v => {


console.log(v); // prints 30 after 4 seconds
});

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