How can I use prompts without a transpilation step? about prompts HOT 3 CLOSED

async/await is available in Node v7.6 and above. Prompts only use the transpiled version if needed.

The example file is just for demonstration purpose only and not being transpiled. It's easy to convert to promises though.

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Ah, gotcha. Apologies for my unfamiliarity with async/await and promises.

I suppose I assumed this was caused by trying to copy/paste the example into a file called cli.js (plus changing const { prompt } = require('./'); to require the module) and running cli.js.

Suppose I'm doing something wrong, and don't necessarily expect support – mostly just curious what I am doing wrong if there is something 😅

/Users/tierney/GitHub/ncm-cli/cli.js:5
(async function(){
       ^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token function
    at Object.exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:76:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:542:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
    at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:394:7)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:149:9)
    at bootstrap_node.js:509:3

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You have to remove async/await if you're node version is below 8. In that case you don't need the outer async function. Make sure to make the await call a promise too.

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