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Handle either one event or another one exactly once.
var either = require('either');
eventEmitter : object - an instance of EventEmitter
fooEventName : string - the name of the first event
fooListener : function - the listener to call if the first event fires first
barEventName : string - the name of the second event
barListener : function - the listener to call if the second event fires
All arguments are required.
var either = require('either');
var net = require('net');
var connect = function(address, callback) {
var socket = net.connect(address);
either(socket,
'connect', function() {
socket.setEncoding('utf8');
callback(null, socket);
},
'error', callback);
}
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one either one or the other event do something once
The npm package either receives a total of 3 weekly downloads. As such, either popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that either 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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