Test ES7 async/await

package.json

{
  "name": "es7_async",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "asyncawait": "^0.7.4",
    "babel-core": "^5.4.4",
    "babel-plugin-typecheck": "0.0.3"
  }
}

test_async.js

// test_async.js
//
// run via:
//    npm install babel-node -g
//    npm install
//    babel-node --optional es7.asyncFunctions ./test_async.js
//
// note: there is a file .babelrc listing the plugins to be loaded. That's not yet working

function timeout (delay) {
  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
    setTimeout(function () {
      resolve('Ok done!');
      //reject(new Error('problem'));
    }, delay);
  })
} 


// using promise:
// function foo () {
//   timeout(1000)
//       .then(function () {
//         console.log('time is up!');
//       });
//       .catch(function (err) {
//         console.log('Error', err);
//       });
// }


// using async/await:
async function foo () {
  console.log('waiting...');
  try {
    var result = await timeout(1000);
    console.log('result:', result);
  } catch (err) {
    console.log(err.toString());
  }
}

foo();