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A library provides container for resolving async functions later.
import { createCrate } from "funcrate";
const crate = createCrate();
// async function in crate can be invoked immediately
crate.add(1, 2).then(console.log); // → 3 (shown after crate registered)
// entity in crate can registered later
const asyncFunctions = {
async add(a, b) {
await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 100));
return a + b;
}
};
crate.register(asyncFunctions);
createCrate(): CrateCrateCreates a crate. While it already has async, those are not resolved until entity registered.
Crate.get(): TGets proxy value that can be considered as registered value.
Crate.register(value: T)value: entity in crateRegisters entity in crate. Entity must be an object that has only functions return any type Promise.
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A library provides container for resolving async functions later
We found that funcrate 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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