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@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ listeners are attached.
This method exists for parity with the Web `MessagePort` API. In Node.js,
it is only useful for ignoring messages when no event listener is present.
+Node.js also diverges in its handling of `.onmessage`. Setting it will
+automatically call `.start()`, but unsetting it will let messages queue up
+until a new handler is set or the port is discarded.
### port.unref()
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