await outside of async function doesn't throw error. But MDN says it should












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MDN says:




Remember, the await keyword is only valid inside async functions. If you use it outside of an async function's body, you will get a SyntaxError.




But that's not true.



Try this code in DevTools console, no errors, just result:



async function a(val) { return val; }

await a(10) // await is not inside async function

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What's wrong with the code or docs?






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    even just a simple await 10; prints 10
    – quirimmo
    2 hours ago










  • or await Promise.resolve(10)
    – Callam
    1 hour ago






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    it looks like has been supported since almost one year: chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/…
    – quirimmo
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    It works on root level, but you would always write functions in program and you cant use await without making the function async
    – Sumer
    1 hour ago
















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MDN says:




Remember, the await keyword is only valid inside async functions. If you use it outside of an async function's body, you will get a SyntaxError.




But that's not true.



Try this code in DevTools console, no errors, just result:



async function a(val) { return val; }

await a(10) // await is not inside async function

10


What's wrong with the code or docs?






javascript asynchronous async-await







share|improve this question


















  • 1




    even just a simple await 10; prints 10
    – quirimmo
    2 hours ago










  • or await Promise.resolve(10)
    – Callam
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    it looks like has been supported since almost one year: chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/…
    – quirimmo
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    It works on root level, but you would always write functions in program and you cant use await without making the function async
    – Sumer
    1 hour ago














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1





MDN says:




Remember, the await keyword is only valid inside async functions. If you use it outside of an async function's body, you will get a SyntaxError.




But that's not true.



Try this code in DevTools console, no errors, just result:



async function a(val) { return val; }

await a(10) // await is not inside async function

10


What's wrong with the code or docs?






javascript asynchronous async-await







share|improve this question













MDN says:




Remember, the await keyword is only valid inside async functions. If you use it outside of an async function's body, you will get a SyntaxError.




But that's not true.



Try this code in DevTools console, no errors, just result:



async function a(val) { return val; }

await a(10) // await is not inside async function

10


What's wrong with the code or docs?






javascript asynchronous async-await




javascript asynchronous async-await






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  • 1




    even just a simple await 10; prints 10
    – quirimmo
    2 hours ago










  • or await Promise.resolve(10)
    – Callam
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    it looks like has been supported since almost one year: chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/…
    – quirimmo
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    It works on root level, but you would always write functions in program and you cant use await without making the function async
    – Sumer
    1 hour ago














  • 1




    even just a simple await 10; prints 10
    – quirimmo
    2 hours ago










  • or await Promise.resolve(10)
    – Callam
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    it looks like has been supported since almost one year: chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/…
    – quirimmo
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    It works on root level, but you would always write functions in program and you cant use await without making the function async
    – Sumer
    1 hour ago








1




1




even just a simple await 10; prints 10
– quirimmo
2 hours ago




even just a simple await 10; prints 10
– quirimmo
2 hours ago












or await Promise.resolve(10)
– Callam
1 hour ago




or await Promise.resolve(10)
– Callam
1 hour ago




1




1




it looks like has been supported since almost one year: chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/…
– quirimmo
1 hour ago




it looks like has been supported since almost one year: chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/…
– quirimmo
1 hour ago




1




1




It works on root level, but you would always write functions in program and you cant use await without making the function async
– Sumer
1 hour ago




It works on root level, but you would always write functions in program and you cant use await without making the function async
– Sumer
1 hour ago












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It looks like it has been supported since 11/08/2017:



https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/e8111c396fef38da6654093433b4be93bed01dce



If you spy the



ConsoleModel.js



at line 129, they have the function for evaluating expressions marked as async:



async evaluateCommandInConsole





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    Nice detective work.
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It looks like it has been supported since 11/08/2017:



https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/e8111c396fef38da6654093433b4be93bed01dce



If you spy the



ConsoleModel.js



at line 129, they have the function for evaluating expressions marked as async:



async evaluateCommandInConsole





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It looks like it has been supported since 11/08/2017:



https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/e8111c396fef38da6654093433b4be93bed01dce



If you spy the



ConsoleModel.js



at line 129, they have the function for evaluating expressions marked as async:



async evaluateCommandInConsole





share|improve this answer



















  • 1




    Nice detective work.
    – cgTag
    1 hour ago














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It looks like it has been supported since 11/08/2017:



https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/e8111c396fef38da6654093433b4be93bed01dce



If you spy the



ConsoleModel.js



at line 129, they have the function for evaluating expressions marked as async:



async evaluateCommandInConsole





share|improve this answer














It looks like it has been supported since 11/08/2017:



https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/e8111c396fef38da6654093433b4be93bed01dce



If you spy the



ConsoleModel.js



at line 129, they have the function for evaluating expressions marked as async:



async evaluateCommandInConsole






share|improve this answer














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