Node.js console.log synchronous

test-console-sync-2.js

console.log('stdout._type:', process.stdout._type);

process.nextTick(function() {
  process.exit(123);
});

process.on('exit', function(code) {
  process.nextTick(function() {
    console.log('This does not run, as the docs say.');
  });
  console.log('This should not run if proces.stdout._type is pipe.');
});

test-console-sync.js

console.log("isTTY: ", process.stdout.isTTY);
// per https://nodejs.org/api/console.html, I expect this time to be before both x and y if terminal, and after if piped.
// invalid: parameter to console.log gets evaluated instantly, regardless of whether the log() function blocks or not.
console.log("Logged at: " + process.hrtime());
x = process.hrtime();
y = (function() {return process.hrtime()})();
console.log("x: " + x);
console.log("y: " + y);