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Promise and async/await sample in Kotlin/JS
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
launch {
loadAllFiles()
}
}
fun launch(block: suspend () -> Unit) {
block.startCoroutine(object : Continuation<Unit> {
override val context: CoroutineContext get() = EmptyCoroutineContext
override fun resume(value: Unit) {}
override fun resumeWithException(e: Throwable) { println("Coroutine failed: $e") }
})
}
suspend fun <T> Promise<T>.await(): T = suspendCoroutine { cont ->
then({ cont.resume(it) }, { cont.resumeWithException(it) })
}
suspend fun loadAllFiles() {
println("step1!")
openFile("https://yesno.wtf/api").await()
println("step2!")
openFile("https://yesno.wtf/api").await()
println("step2!")
openFile("https://yesno.wtf/api").await()
println("done!")
}
fun openFile(url: String): Promise<XMLHttpRequest> {
val p = Promise<XMLHttpRequest> {
resolve, reject ->
val xhr = XMLHttpRequest()
xhr.open("GET", url)
xhr.addEventListener("load", {
e ->
resolve(xhr)
})
xhr.send()
}
return p
}
// References:
// https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/async-await-on-the-client-javascript/2412
// https://sbfl.net/blog/2016/07/13/simplifying-async-code-with-promise-and-async-await/
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Do you know how we can accomplish the same using the new 1.3 coroutines instead of the experimental coroutines? Thanks!

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