bublejs / bublejs/buble

Support for async functions

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enhancement
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JavaScript
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Description

It would be useful to transpile async functions, they're a valid part of the language.

See here for previous discussion: https://gitlab.com/Rich-Harris/buble/issues/71

The `fast-async` package provides a leaner/faster result than regenerator (let's not use regenerator), and I think it can be further optimized because when I convert async functions to Promise-based equivalents manually, they always come out with the leanest result. The new `Promise.finally` will help with this.

This may require a Promise polyfill to be supplied by the user, and that should be documented.

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Research direction

Start by reading the previous discussion in GitLab issue 71 and comparing the proposed fast-async approach with the requested Promise-based output. Determine the transpilation scope, Promise polyfill expectations, and optimization criteria before defining tests and an implementation plan.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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