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@@ -4,6 +4,42 @@ import noop from 'lodash/noop';
import rest from 'lodash/rest';
import reduce from './reduce';
+/**
+ * Version of the compose function that is more natural to read. Each function
+ * consumes the return value of the previous function. It is the equivalent of
+ * [`compose`](#compose) with the arguments reversed.
+ *
+ * Each function is executed with the `this` binding of the composed function.
+ *
+ * @name seq
+ * @static
+ * @memberOf async
+ * @see `async.compose`
+ * @category Control Flow
+ * @param {...Function} functions - the asynchronous functions to compose
+ * @example
+ *
+ * // Requires lodash (or underscore), express3 and dresende's orm2.
+ * // Part of an app, that fetches cats of the logged user.
+ * // This example uses `seq` function to avoid overnesting and error
+ * // handling clutter.
+ * app.get('/cats', function(request, response) {
+ * var User = request.models.User;
+ * async.seq(
+ * _.bind(User.get, User), // 'User.get' has signature (id, callback(err, data))
+ * function(user, fn) {
+ * user.getCats(fn); // 'getCats' has signature (callback(err, data))
+ * }
+ * )(req.session.user_id, function (err, cats) {
+ * if (err) {
+ * console.error(err);
+ * response.json({ status: 'error', message: err.message });
+ * } else {
+ * response.json({ status: 'ok', message: 'Cats found', data: cats });
+ * }
+ * });
+ * });
+ */
export default function seq( /* functions... */ ) {
var fns = arguments;
return rest(function(args) {