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Promise returned in function argument where a void return was expected

I'm working on an Electron application and I want to use async await in an anonymous function in my Main like this:

process.on("uncaughtException", async (error: Error) => {
  await this.errorHandler(error);
});

But this yields the Typescript error

Promise returned in function argument where a void return was expected.

I'm using Typescript 3.9.7 and Electron 9.2.0.

Why doesn't it allow me to use async/await?

Solution

  • You can use an asynchronous IIFE inside the callback, like this:

    process.on("uncaughtException", (error: Error) => {
  (async () => {
    await this.errorHandler(error);

    // ...
  })();
});

    This ensures that the implicit return of the callback remains undefined, rather than being a promise.