neilk · November 25, 2021 11:06 · Apr 14, 2013 · Apr 14, 2013 · Apr 13, 2013
diff --git a/nonBlockingForEach → nonBlockingForEach.js b/nonBlockingForEach → nonBlockingForEach.js
diff --git a/nonBlockingForEach b/nonBlockingForEach
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 /**
- * Allow other processes to execute while iterating over the elements
- * of an array. Only useful if you're iterating over very large arrays, 
- * or if each iteration needs to do some long-running, non-async processing.
+ * Allow other processes to execute while iterating over 
+ * an array. Useful for large arrays, or long-running processing
  *
- * @param {Function} fn iterator that gets fed each element of the array.
- * @param {Function} next callback executed when all elements have been iterated over.
+ * @param {Function} fn    iterator fed each element of the array.
+ * @param {Function} next  executed when done
  */
 Array.prototype.nonBlockingForEach = function(fn, next) {
   var arr = this;

diff --git a/nonBlockingForEach b/nonBlockingForEach
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * Allow other processes to execute while iterating over the elements
+ * of an array. Only useful if you're iterating over very large arrays, 
+ * or if each iteration needs to do some long-running, non-async processing.
+ *
+ * @param {Function} fn iterator that gets fed each element of the array.
+ * @param {Function} next callback executed when all elements have been iterated over.
+ */
+Array.prototype.nonBlockingForEach = function(fn, next) {
+  var arr = this;
+  var i = 0;
+  var len = arr.length;
+  function iter() {
+    if (i < len) {
+      fn(arr[i]);
+      i++;
+      process.nextTick(iter);
+    } else {
+      next();
+    }
+  }
+  iter();
+};