Comment on Async/await support in FirefoxparentComments−c-smile9yWell, it depends...async function is blocked on await statement, after all that's why it has such a name.It does not block the whole VM but task (async function) is effectively blocked for an observer inside it.−solipsism9yYes but when you talking about async/await, "blocking" means "blocking the thread". And this is very clearly what mehwoot meant.
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Well, it depends...
async function is blocked on await statement, after all that's why it has such a name.
It does not block the whole VM but task (async function) is effectively blocked for an observer inside it.
Yes but when you talking about async/await, "blocking" means "blocking the thread". And this is very clearly what mehwoot meant.