Top-level await
Allow the `await` keyword at the top-level within JavaScript modules.
Motivation
Allows more seamless integration of async calls into the module loading process. Today this is accomplished by wrapping modules in async functions, but this pushes complexity into dependent modules and exposes implementation details.
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Status in Chromium
In development (tracking bug)
Consensus & Standardization
After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.
- Worth prototyping
- No signal
- Positive
- Positive
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top_level_await,Last updated on 2020-10-20