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fix: Improved understanding of setImmediate and setTimeout output #6994

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Expand Up @@ -30,25 +30,34 @@ Use `nextTick()` when you want to make sure that in the next event loop iteratio
console.log('Hello => number 1');

setImmediate(() => {
console.log('Running before the timeout => number 3');
console.log('Running setImmediate in the check phase => number 3');
});

setTimeout(() => {
console.log('The timeout running last => number 4');
console.log('Running setTimeout in the timers phase => number 4');
}, 0);

process.nextTick(() => {
console.log('Running at next tick => number 2');
console.log('Running process.nextTick in the nextTick queue => number 2');
});
```

#### Example output:

```bash
```text
Hello => number 1
Running at next tick => number 2
Running before the timeout => number 3
The timeout running last => number 4
Running process.nextTick in the nextTick queue => number 2
Running setImmediate in the check phase => number 3
Running setTimeout in the timers phase => number 4
```

The exact output may differ from run to run.
The output aforementioned holds true in ES Modules, e.g. mjs files, but keep in mind in CommonJS case, the output may be different:

```text
Hello => number 1
Running process.nextTick in the nextTick queue => number 2
Running setTimeout in the timers phase => number 4
Running setImmediate in the check phase => number 3
```

This is because the execution order of `setImmediate` and `setTimeout` is undeterministic in CommonJS.
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