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doc: remove "idiomatic choice" from queueMicrotask #23885

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doc: remove "idiomatic choice" from queueMicrotask
rvagg Oct 25, 2018
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fixup! doc: remove "idiomatic choice" from queueMicrotask
rvagg Oct 29, 2018
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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions doc/api/globals.md
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Expand Up @@ -122,9 +122,10 @@ The `queueMicrotask()` method queues a microtask to invoke `callback`. If
`callback` throws an exception, the [`process` object][] `'uncaughtException'`
event will be emitted.

In general, `queueMicrotask` is the idiomatic choice over `process.nextTick()`.
`process.nextTick()` will always run before the microtask queue, and so
unexpected execution order may be observed.
The microtask queue is managed by V8 and may be used in a similar manner to
the `process.nextTick()` queue, which is managed by Node.js. The
`process.nextTick()` queue is always processed before the microtask queue
within each turn of the Node.js event loop.

```js
// Here, `queueMicrotask()` is used to ensure the 'load' event is always
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