Re: [heycam/webidl] Add async_iterable support (#720)

Ms2ger commented on this pull request.



> +Note: In the ECMAScript language binding, an interface that is asynchronously iterable will have
+<code class="idl">entries</code>, <code class="idl">keys</code>, <code class="idl">values</code>,
+and {{@@asyncIterator}} properties on its [=interface prototype object=].
+
+Prose accompanying an [=interface=] with an [=asynchronously iterable declaration=] must define a
+<dfn id="dfn-get-the-next-iteration-result">get the next iteration result</dfn> algorithm.
+This algorithm receives a <b>[=this=]</b> value, which is an instance of the [=interface=] that it
+is defined for, and the <dfn export>current state</dfn>.
+It must return a {{Promise}} that either resolves with undefined – to signal the end of the
+iteration – or a tuple with three elements:
+
+1.  a value of the first type given in the declaration;
+1.  a value of the second type given in the declaration;
+1.  an opaque value that is passed back to the next invocation of the algorithm,
+
+The prose may also define <dfn>asynchronous iterator initialization steps</dfn> for the

This is supposed to be a step towards handling https://streams.spec.whatwg.org/#rs-get-iterator ; not sure if it's necessary to restrict anything here.

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