Coffeescript syntax for an async task?

[jakejs]

Coffeescript syntax for an async task?

[s0nspark]

Ok, a bit more trial and error yielded an answer...

  task(
    'someTask'
    ->
      // async task code goes here
      complete()
    true
  )

The parens along with multiline indentation does the trick.

I hate having to use those parens, though, so a suggestion in light of this... Perhaps jake could have a separate function for creating asynchronous tasks named 'asynctask'? In addition to removing the need for one to specify whther a task was asynchronous it would also add clarity for anyone reading the Jakefile as asynchronous tasks would stand out more.

  desc 'a normal, synchronous task'
  task 'doStuffButMakeThemWait', ->
    // synchronous task code goes here

  desc 'an asynchronous task'
  asynctask 'doStuffTheNodeWay', ->
    // asynchronous task code goes here

Just a thought...

[mde]

I'll be happy to add this to the docs if you make it a separate patch that doesn't make changes to the Jake API.

[mde]

No forward motion on this one, closing.

[euskode]

@s0nspark did you figure out what the syntax should be for an async task in coffeescript that also has pre-requisites?

I tried your suggested format above, to no avail. I have so far followed the task signature strictly, ordering things correctly, but this one just doesn't seem to want to work.

What I have right now is essentially this:

task 'taskName', ['myPrereqTask'], ->
    # async code here, calling complete() when done
, {async: true}

I can't really see anything wrong and was hoping to get your thoughts on this!

UPDATE: actually, see @mde's response here. It sems like when using invoke, you have to manage quite a bit of stuff yourself! So my issue isn't really one of syntax, I don't believe.