Ask HN: (JS) Wouldn't it be simpler if `await` were a method on `Promise`?

1 pointthinkloop1 comment

Instead of requiring special new syntax like we have now:

const result = await doAsync();

We could have a method on the returned Promise object called 'await':

const result = doAsync().await();

1) There could be an `await` method already defined on the Promise. It's just an object.

2) `await` can work with anything that conforms to the Promise spec, native promises or Bluebird or what have you.

3) Sometimes, a method doesn't return a Promise, but a value. In those cases, the await syntax returns the value. Can't do that with a method.