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babel-plugin-sync
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yarn add babel-plugin-sync --dev
With .babelrc:
{
"plugins": [
"sync"
]
}
In:
class MyModule {
// $MakeMeSync
async read() {
await this.resolve('./file')
}
}
Out:
class MyModule {
async read() {
await this.resolve('./file')
}
readSync() {
this.resolveSync('./file')
}
}
We don't know if it's safe to make the return statement sync at all, if you're sure about this, use // $MakeMeSync mark explicitly.
class Foo {
// $MakeMeSync
async foo() {
- return this.bar()
+ return this.bar() // $MakeMeSync
}
}
git checkout -b my-new-featuregit commit -am 'Add some feature'git push origin my-new-featurebabel-plugin-sync © egoist, Released under the MIT License.
Authored and maintained by egoist with help from contributors (list).
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FAQs
async to sync, and maybe vice versa
The npm package babel-plugin-sync receives a total of 48 weekly downloads. As such, babel-plugin-sync popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that babel-plugin-sync demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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