Angular async pipe hangs on a promise












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this is a snippet of my template:



<div class="explanation">
{{ foo() | async }}
</div>


this is the function:



  foo(): Promise<string> {
return Promise.resolve('hello');
}


This just hangs the browser. How come? what am i missing?










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    Did the same for me.

    – SiddAjmera
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:23











  • I think this scenario runs into side effects mentioned in doc. angular.io/guide/template-syntax#avoid-side-effects If I change it to property, everything works fine: stackblitz.com/edit/…

    – wannadream
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:42


















1















this is a snippet of my template:



<div class="explanation">
{{ foo() | async }}
</div>


this is the function:



  foo(): Promise<string> {
return Promise.resolve('hello');
}


This just hangs the browser. How come? what am i missing?










share|improve this question


















  • 1





    Did the same for me.

    – SiddAjmera
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:23











  • I think this scenario runs into side effects mentioned in doc. angular.io/guide/template-syntax#avoid-side-effects If I change it to property, everything works fine: stackblitz.com/edit/…

    – wannadream
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:42
















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this is a snippet of my template:



<div class="explanation">
{{ foo() | async }}
</div>


this is the function:



  foo(): Promise<string> {
return Promise.resolve('hello');
}


This just hangs the browser. How come? what am i missing?










share|improve this question














this is a snippet of my template:



<div class="explanation">
{{ foo() | async }}
</div>


this is the function:



  foo(): Promise<string> {
return Promise.resolve('hello');
}


This just hangs the browser. How come? what am i missing?







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  • 1





    Did the same for me.

    – SiddAjmera
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:23











  • I think this scenario runs into side effects mentioned in doc. angular.io/guide/template-syntax#avoid-side-effects If I change it to property, everything works fine: stackblitz.com/edit/…

    – wannadream
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:42
















  • 1





    Did the same for me.

    – SiddAjmera
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:23











  • I think this scenario runs into side effects mentioned in doc. angular.io/guide/template-syntax#avoid-side-effects If I change it to property, everything works fine: stackblitz.com/edit/…

    – wannadream
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:42










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1





Did the same for me.

– SiddAjmera
Nov 20 '18 at 18:23





Did the same for me.

– SiddAjmera
Nov 20 '18 at 18:23













I think this scenario runs into side effects mentioned in doc. angular.io/guide/template-syntax#avoid-side-effects If I change it to property, everything works fine: stackblitz.com/edit/…

– wannadream
Nov 20 '18 at 18:42







I think this scenario runs into side effects mentioned in doc. angular.io/guide/template-syntax#avoid-side-effects If I change it to property, everything works fine: stackblitz.com/edit/…

– wannadream
Nov 20 '18 at 18:42














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From MDN on Promise.resolve




Warning: Do not call Promise.resolve on a thenable that resolves to itself. This will cause infinite recursion as it tries to flatten what seems to be an infinitely nested promise.




AND



From Angular's Avoid side effects guideline:




evaluation of a template expression should have no visible side effects. The expression language itself does its part to keep you safe. You can't assign a value to anything in a property binding expression nor use the increment and decrement operators.




Your implementation seems to do just that.



Fix:



As suggested by wannadream, assign the promise to a property and then use that property in the template along with the async pipe:



import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({...})
export class AppComponent {
foo: Promise<string>;

ngOnInit() {
this.foo = Promise.resolve('hello');
}
}


And in the template:



<div class="explanation">
{{ foo | async }}
</div>





share|improve this answer


























  • I dont understand how what i did is different from the example at: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/…

    – AK_
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:51











  • Well, what you did was called a function in the template that returns a Promise. The first eg on MDN assigns the return value from Promise.resolve to a variable and then uses then on it. It's different from wannadream's suggestion.

    – SiddAjmera
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:58











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From MDN on Promise.resolve




Warning: Do not call Promise.resolve on a thenable that resolves to itself. This will cause infinite recursion as it tries to flatten what seems to be an infinitely nested promise.




AND



From Angular's Avoid side effects guideline:




evaluation of a template expression should have no visible side effects. The expression language itself does its part to keep you safe. You can't assign a value to anything in a property binding expression nor use the increment and decrement operators.




Your implementation seems to do just that.



Fix:



As suggested by wannadream, assign the promise to a property and then use that property in the template along with the async pipe:



import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({...})
export class AppComponent {
foo: Promise<string>;

ngOnInit() {
this.foo = Promise.resolve('hello');
}
}


And in the template:



<div class="explanation">
{{ foo | async }}
</div>





share|improve this answer


























  • I dont understand how what i did is different from the example at: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/…

    – AK_
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:51











  • Well, what you did was called a function in the template that returns a Promise. The first eg on MDN assigns the return value from Promise.resolve to a variable and then uses then on it. It's different from wannadream's suggestion.

    – SiddAjmera
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:58
















0














From MDN on Promise.resolve




Warning: Do not call Promise.resolve on a thenable that resolves to itself. This will cause infinite recursion as it tries to flatten what seems to be an infinitely nested promise.




AND



From Angular's Avoid side effects guideline:




evaluation of a template expression should have no visible side effects. The expression language itself does its part to keep you safe. You can't assign a value to anything in a property binding expression nor use the increment and decrement operators.




Your implementation seems to do just that.



Fix:



As suggested by wannadream, assign the promise to a property and then use that property in the template along with the async pipe:



import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({...})
export class AppComponent {
foo: Promise<string>;

ngOnInit() {
this.foo = Promise.resolve('hello');
}
}


And in the template:



<div class="explanation">
{{ foo | async }}
</div>





share|improve this answer


























  • I dont understand how what i did is different from the example at: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/…

    – AK_
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:51











  • Well, what you did was called a function in the template that returns a Promise. The first eg on MDN assigns the return value from Promise.resolve to a variable and then uses then on it. It's different from wannadream's suggestion.

    – SiddAjmera
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:58














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0







From MDN on Promise.resolve




Warning: Do not call Promise.resolve on a thenable that resolves to itself. This will cause infinite recursion as it tries to flatten what seems to be an infinitely nested promise.




AND



From Angular's Avoid side effects guideline:




evaluation of a template expression should have no visible side effects. The expression language itself does its part to keep you safe. You can't assign a value to anything in a property binding expression nor use the increment and decrement operators.




Your implementation seems to do just that.



Fix:



As suggested by wannadream, assign the promise to a property and then use that property in the template along with the async pipe:



import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({...})
export class AppComponent {
foo: Promise<string>;

ngOnInit() {
this.foo = Promise.resolve('hello');
}
}


And in the template:



<div class="explanation">
{{ foo | async }}
</div>





share|improve this answer















From MDN on Promise.resolve




Warning: Do not call Promise.resolve on a thenable that resolves to itself. This will cause infinite recursion as it tries to flatten what seems to be an infinitely nested promise.




AND



From Angular's Avoid side effects guideline:




evaluation of a template expression should have no visible side effects. The expression language itself does its part to keep you safe. You can't assign a value to anything in a property binding expression nor use the increment and decrement operators.




Your implementation seems to do just that.



Fix:



As suggested by wannadream, assign the promise to a property and then use that property in the template along with the async pipe:



import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({...})
export class AppComponent {
foo: Promise<string>;

ngOnInit() {
this.foo = Promise.resolve('hello');
}
}


And in the template:



<div class="explanation">
{{ foo | async }}
</div>






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  • I dont understand how what i did is different from the example at: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/…

    – AK_
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:51











  • Well, what you did was called a function in the template that returns a Promise. The first eg on MDN assigns the return value from Promise.resolve to a variable and then uses then on it. It's different from wannadream's suggestion.

    – SiddAjmera
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:58



















  • I dont understand how what i did is different from the example at: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/…

    – AK_
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:51











  • Well, what you did was called a function in the template that returns a Promise. The first eg on MDN assigns the return value from Promise.resolve to a variable and then uses then on it. It's different from wannadream's suggestion.

    – SiddAjmera
    Nov 20 '18 at 18:58

















I dont understand how what i did is different from the example at: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/…

– AK_
Nov 20 '18 at 18:51





I dont understand how what i did is different from the example at: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/…

– AK_
Nov 20 '18 at 18:51













Well, what you did was called a function in the template that returns a Promise. The first eg on MDN assigns the return value from Promise.resolve to a variable and then uses then on it. It's different from wannadream's suggestion.

– SiddAjmera
Nov 20 '18 at 18:58





Well, what you did was called a function in the template that returns a Promise. The first eg on MDN assigns the return value from Promise.resolve to a variable and then uses then on it. It's different from wannadream's suggestion.

– SiddAjmera
Nov 20 '18 at 18:58


















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