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authorTrevor Norris <trev.norris@gmail.com>2013-02-14 00:48:11 -0800
committerisaacs <i@izs.me>2013-03-01 17:36:47 -0800
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events: add check for listeners length
Ability to return just the length of listeners for a given type, using EventEmitter.listenerCount(emitter, event). This will be a lot cheaper than creating a copy of the listeners array just to check its length.
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@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ Returns an array of listeners for the specified event.
Execute each of the listeners in order with the supplied arguments.
+
+### Class Method: EventEmitter.listenerCount(emitter, event)
+
+Return the number of listeners for a given event.
+
+
### Event: 'newListener'
* `event` {String} The event name