return this;
}
- var events = this._events && this._events[type];
- if (!events) return this;
-
- if (isArray(events)) {
- events.splice(0);
- } else {
- this._events[type] = null;
- }
-
+ // does not use listeners(), so no side effect of creating _events[type]
+ if (type && this._events && this._events[type]) this._events[type] = null;
return this;
};
assert.deepEqual(e1.listeners('foo'), [listener]);
assert.deepEqual(e1.listeners('bar'), []);
assert.deepEqual(e1.listeners('baz'), []);
-// identity check, the array should not change
-assert.equal(e1.listeners('foo'), fooListeners);
-assert.equal(e1.listeners('bar'), barListeners);
-assert.equal(e1.listeners('baz'), bazListeners);
+// after calling removeAllListeners,
+// the old listeners array should stay unchanged
+assert.deepEqual(fooListeners, [listener]);
+assert.deepEqual(barListeners, [listener]);
+assert.deepEqual(bazListeners, [listener, listener]);
+// after calling removeAllListeners,
+// new listeners arrays are different from the old
+assert.notEqual(e1.listeners('bar'), barListeners);
+assert.notEqual(e1.listeners('baz'), bazListeners);
var e2 = new events.EventEmitter();
e2.on('foo', listener);