is it impossible to make an async function? (excep...

# javascript

[Dalinar]

is it impossible to make an async function? (except in coroutines)?

[konsoletyper]

mishaxz: what do you mean?

[Dalinar]

@konsoletyper https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/getting-started/primers/async-functions

[Dalinar]

I would like to call a Promise and wait for it with await but I can't figure out how to do it in kotlin js

[konsoletyper]

There's kotlin.js.Promise class

[konsoletyper]

Do you want to call is in synchronous style?

[konsoletyper]

Then you need coroutines

[konsoletyper]

https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/async-await-on-the-client-javascript/2412

[konsoletyper]

https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/using-coroutines-to-avoid-callback-hell-when-using-xmlhttprequest/2450/3

[Dalinar]

@konsoletyper thanks, I missed the part at the bottom of the first link that shows how you can run coroutines from regular code.