export class AsyncEmitter {
  async emitAsync(event: string | symbol, ...args: any[]): Promise<boolean> {
    // @ts-ignore
    const events = this._events;
    let callbacks = events[event];
    if (!callbacks) {
      return false;
    }
    // helper function to reuse as much code as possible
    const run = (cb) => {
      switch (args.length) {
        // fast cases
        case 0:
          cb = cb.call(this);
          break;
        case 1:
          cb = cb.call(this, args[0]);
          break;
        case 2:
          cb = cb.call(this, args[0], args[1]);
          break;
        case 3:
          cb = cb.call(this, args[0], args[1], args[2]);
          break;
        // slower
        default:
          cb = cb.apply(this, args);
      }

      if (cb && (cb instanceof Promise || typeof cb.then === 'function')) {
        return cb;
      }

      return Promise.resolve(true);
    };

    if (typeof callbacks === 'function') {
      await run(callbacks);
    } else if (typeof callbacks === 'object') {
      callbacks = callbacks.slice().filter(Boolean);
      await callbacks.reduce((prev, next) => {
        return prev.then((res) => {
          return run(next).then((result) =>
            Promise.resolve(res.concat(result)),
          );
        });
      }, Promise.resolve([]));
    }

    return true;
  }
}