Re: [findtext] Usage (or not) of Promise in ``search`` from Benjamin Goering via GitHub on 2015-12-10 (public-annotation@w3.org from December 2015)

From: Benjamin Goering via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:49:53 +0000
To: public-annotation@w3.org
Message-ID: <issue_comment.created-163700950-1449769790-sysbot+gh@w3.org>

Promises are great for asynchronously getting a single future result.

It sounds like you want to leave the option open for 'search' to 
stream many results over time. In that case Promises are probably not 
so good. EventTarget is a decent interface.
```javascript
var results = whatever.search('...')
results.addEventListener('result', function (result) {});
```

or

whatever.search('...').forEach(function (result) {});

Generators are appropriate too, but futuristic.

You could also make it an iterator of promises.

More theory:
>From https://github.com/kriskowal/gtor

|              | **Singular**         | **Plural**              |
| :----------: | :------------------: | :---------------------: |
| **Spatial**  | Value                | Iterable&lt;Value&gt;   |
| **Temporal** | Promise&lt;Value&gt; | Observable&lt;Value&gt; |



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