`await` in normal function

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before

await syntax is only used in async function.

after

When await syntax is allowed in normal function, it will be convinient. You don't need more async functions for values from promise.

function exec() {
    const fetched = await fetch('https://es.discourse.group');
    console.log(fetched);
}

exec();
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That is by design; await is mostly sugar for Promises, so you always need one.

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There is GitHub - tc39/proposal-async-do-expressions: async `do` expressions for JavaScript

allow you to introduce an asynchronous context within synchronous code without needing an immediately-invoked async function expression.

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