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callback async loop
myStream.read(function handleChunk(chunk) {
if (!chunk) {
processDone();
return;
}
processChunk(chunk);
myStream.read(handleChunk);
});
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promise async loop
myStream.read().then(function handleChunk(chunk) {
if (!chunk) {
return;
}
processChunk(chunk);
return myStream.read().then(handleChunk);
}).then(processDone);
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domenic commented Apr 18, 2015

The following code (more similar to your callback code) would also not have this problem:

myStream.read().then(function handleChunk(chunk) {
  if (!chunk) {
    processDone();
    return;
  }
  processChunk(chunk);
  myStream.read().then(handleChunk);
});

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