Unexpected token function, when use async in Node 7.2

[eric7578]

In my case, I try to run without babel, so I use node v7.2.0
in my source code:

exports.create = async function (mail, password) {
...
}

But I got the following error

/Volumes/HD/projects/stores/mailIdentity.js:3
exports.create = async function (mail, password) {
                       ^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token function
    at Object.exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:78:16)

[sindresorhus]

The common mistake is not including the correct Babel plugin if you don't use the AVA defaults.

[eric7578]

Thanks for the reply! But, with Node 7, I can run async/await without any babel plygin. I do run the code with Node(without plugin), and it works. The problem is that I can run with the same code with Node 7, but I cannot run it with avajs.

[novemberborn]

with Node 7, I can run async/await without any babel plygin. I do run the code with Node(without plugin), and it works.

As far as I can tell Node.js 7 currently ships with V8 5.4, and async / await is only in 5.5: http://v8project.blogspot.co.za/2016/10/v8-release-55.html. How are you managing this?

[cliguo]

I encountered similar problems，with Node 7, I can run async/await，but ava：
async findById(table, id, columns) {
^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier

[mightyiam]

@cliguo async function findById(table, id, columns) { perhaps
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/async_function

[EduardoRFS]

v8 5.4 have async functions when use --harmony-async-await

[novemberborn]

v8 5.4 have async functions when use --harmony-async-await

@eric7578 @cliguo are you using this flag?

[EduardoRFS]

Ava shebang dont pass flags to node, you need to run using a command node --harmony-async-await ./node_modules/.bin/ava

[novemberborn]

Ava shebang dont pass flags to node

To clarify, you mean the ava invocation in the npm test script?

[EduardoRFS]

@novemberborn yep

[novemberborn]

Ah cool. Then yea, that makes sense. Your workaround is good, though honestly I think folks should stick to Babel until async / await is available without a flag.

[eric7578]

Thanks for the reply @EduardoRFS , I will try it later ;)

[eric7578]

Finally back to work :D, I tried @EduardoRFS and it works!
Thanks for every one who provide opinions!
As a record for those who has the same problem, here is my final script:

node --harmony-async-await ./node_modules/.bin/ava NODE_ENV=test ./**/*_test.js

[cdyfng]

check this link :
trufflesuite/truffle#146