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doc: clarify async iterator leak #28997

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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions doc/api/stream.md
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Expand Up @@ -2502,6 +2502,9 @@ and async iterators are provided below.
})();
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Async iterators register a permanent error handler on the stream to prevent any
unhandled post-destroy errors.
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Not sure that what I"m about to suggest is a good idea, so I'll defer to everyone else's judgment:

Is it worth re-wording to make it clear that this means the destroy() method?

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unhandled post-destroy errors.
unhandled errors after `destroy()` executes.

I'm not sure that's an improvement to be honest, but maybe?


#### Creating Readable Streams with Async Generators

We can construct a Node.js Readable Stream from an asynchronous generator
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