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Compromised intercom-client@7.0.4 npm package is tied to the ongoing Mini Shai-Hulud worm attack targeting developer and CI/CD secrets.
is-generator-fn
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Check if something is a generator function
$ npm install is-generator-fn
import isGeneratorFunction from 'is-generator-fn';
isGeneratorFunction(function * () {});
//=> true
isGeneratorFunction(function () {});
//=> false
Similar to is-generator-fn, is-generator checks if a given value is a generator object, which is different from checking if a function is a generator function. While is-generator-fn checks the function definition, is-generator checks the runtime object produced by calling a generator function.
This package offers functionality similar to is-generator-fn by providing a way to determine if a function is a generator function. The main difference might be in implementation details or updates, but both packages serve the same purpose of identifying generator functions.
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Check if something is a generator function
The npm package is-generator-fn receives a total of 22,693,733 weekly downloads. As such, is-generator-fn popularity was classified as popular.
We found that is-generator-fn 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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