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Feature request: MAIN_THREAD_EM_ASYNC_JS
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Description
`EM_ASYNC_JS` is really useful for writing async JS code with `await`, however it runs on the thread it was called on. It would be nice if there were a version that proxied the call to the main thread.
The alternative is to use `MAIN_THREAD_ASYNC_EM_ASM` (extra boilerplate with `Asyncify.handleAsync` and doesn't define a C function like `EM_ASYNC_JS` does):
```
MAIN_THREAD_ASYNC_EM_ASM({
return Asyncify.handleAsync(async () => {
// ....
});
});
```
and then setting `-s 'ASYNCIFY_IMPORTS=["emscripten_receive_on_main_thread_js"]'`
related https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/issues/8991#issuecomment-846440750
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