Starting with v12.0.0 the minimum node version requirement for discord.js will be >=12.0.0 to make use of features like async/await, Object.entries(), Object.values() (ES2017) etc.
This will allow us to implement features like #1376 easily and without further obstacles.
Since this will be a rather big breaking change users that want to use discord.js v12.x.x will need to update their node version to at least 12.0.0. The reason why we don't plan on supporting >=7.0.0 is that --harmony is way too unreliable and unstable in versions prior to 7.6.0 (e.g. memory leaks) .
Benefits:
- Full access to ES2017 features
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Drawbacks:
- Dropping node 6/7/8 support
Starting with v12.0.0 the minimum node version requirement for discord.js will be >=12.0.0 to make use of features like
async/await,Object.entries(),Object.values()(ES2017) etc.This will allow us to implement features like #1376 easily and without further obstacles.
Since this will be a rather big breaking change users that want to use discord.js v12.x.x will need to update their node version to at least 12.0.0.
The reason why we don't plan on supporting >=7.0.0 is that--harmonyis way too unreliable and unstable in versions prior to 7.6.0 (e.g. memory leaks) .Benefits:
Drawbacks: