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Predictable sync vs. async in Node.js
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sync-async.js
var i = 0;
maybeSyncMaybeAsync(function(){
i++;
});
console.log("The value of i is", i);
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saraf commented Jul 29, 2015

to make this into a runnable example - async and sync versions of the function could be added -

//First try this
//This is asynchronous execution of the callback
function maybeSyncMaybeAsync(cb) {
        process.nextTick(cb);
}

/*
//Then try this definition
//This is synchronous
function maybeSyncMaybeAsync(cb) {
        cb();
}
*/

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