gistfile1.txt

var ee = require('events').EventEmitter;


function some_cuteness(next){
var our_event = new ee();


var functioned = 0;

cb("we're in the main");
for(var counter=1;counter<4;counter++)
	cb("counting = "+counter);

var ending = process.hrtime()[0]+2;
while(process.hrtime()[0] < ending)
	if(process.hrtime()[1]%333333333 <15000)cb("wait for it (never do this...)");

our_function();
cb("Back in the Main");

our_event.once("the event!", function(){
	cb("This event will happen once");
});
our_event.on("the event!", removable);

our_event.on("the event!", function(){
  cb("This will event will stick around");
});


var timeoutstart = Date.now();
setTimeout(function(){
  var timeoutend = Date.now();
  cb("this happened in \"1\" millisecond (not really)");
  cb("started: "+timeoutstart);
  cb("ended: "+timeoutend);
  cb("difference: "+(timeoutend - timeoutstart));
  our_event.emit("the event!");
  cb("Still in Timeout");
},1)
process.nextTick(function(){
	cb("this happened the next Tick");
	our_event.emit("the event!");
	cb("Still in the Process");
});
setImmediate(function(){
  cb("this happened \'immediately\' (not really)");
  our_event.emit("the event!");
  cb("Still in the Process");
})
cb("still in the main");

function our_function(){
	cb("we're in the function.");
}

function removable(){
  functioned++;
  cb("this event will be removed when. functioned:"+functioned+" == 3");
  if(functioned == 3)
    our_event.removeListener("the event!",removable)
}

function cb(msg){
  console.log(msg);
  if(typeof next != "undefined")
    next(msg);
}

our_event.emit("the event!");

ending = process.hrtime()[0]+2;
while(process.hrtime()[0] < ending)
  if(process.hrtime()[1]%333333333 <15000)cb("wait for it (again never do this...)");
}