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Unexpected domain error handling
var Domain = require('domain')
var d1 = Domain.create();
var emitter;
d1.on('error', handleCreateErr)
d1.run(function () {
emitter = createEmitter()
})
var d2 = Domain.create();
d2.on('error', handleEmitterErr)
d2.run(function () {
emitter.on('foo', function () {
throw new Error('something bad happenned');
})
emitter.emit('foo')
})
function handleCreateErr (err) {
console.error('error creating event emitter', err.stack);
}
function handleEmitterErr (err) {
console.error('error using event emitter', err.stack);
}
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tjmehta commented Oct 12, 2015

If an event emitter is passed around through an application, I think it is a bit weird for it to still emit it's errors to the domain it was created in.

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tjmehta commented Oct 12, 2015

An error occurs above when using the event emitter, but ends up triggering an error event for d1.
This leads to unexpected behavior, and print the wrong error message (error creating event emitter).

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