From ab8d917787092fdfb16390f2bee6de8ab5c1783c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay Anslow <jay@anslow.me.uk>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:55:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Node.JS EventEmitter accepts symbols as event names.

---
 node/node-tests.ts |  4 ++--
 node/node.d.ts     | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/node/node-tests.ts b/node/node-tests.ts
index 1fcf149e99..da3721c3aa 100644
--- a/node/node-tests.ts
+++ b/node/node-tests.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace assert_tests {
 
 namespace events_tests {
     let emitter: events.EventEmitter;
-    let event: string;
+    let event: string|symbol;
     let listener: Function;
     let any: any;
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ namespace events_tests {
     }
 
     {
-        let result: string[];
+        let result: (string|symbol)[];
 
         result = emitter.eventNames();
     }
diff --git a/node/node.d.ts b/node/node.d.ts
index 888da5cec4..7f228e1765 100644
--- a/node/node.d.ts
+++ b/node/node.d.ts
@@ -241,20 +241,20 @@ declare namespace NodeJS {
     }
 
     export class EventEmitter {
-        addListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
-        on(event: string, listener: Function): this;
-        once(event: string, listener: Function): this;
-        removeListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
-        removeAllListeners(event?: string): this;
+        addListener(event: string|symbol, listener: Function): this;
+        on(event: string|symbol, listener: Function): this;
+        once(event: string|symbol, listener: Function): this;
+        removeListener(event: string|symbol, listener: Function): this;
+        removeAllListeners(event?: string|symbol): this;
         setMaxListeners(n: number): this;
         getMaxListeners(): number;
-        listeners(event: string): Function[];
-        emit(event: string, ...args: any[]): boolean;
-        listenerCount(type: string): number;
+        listeners(event: string|symbol): Function[];
+        emit(event: string|symbol, ...args: any[]): boolean;
+        listenerCount(type: string|symbol): number;
         // Added in Node 6...
-        prependListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
-        prependOnceListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
-        eventNames(): string[];
+        prependListener(event: string|symbol, listener: Function): this;
+        prependOnceListener(event: string|symbol, listener: Function): this;
+        eventNames(): (string|symbol)[];
     }
 
     export interface ReadableStream extends EventEmitter {
@@ -549,22 +549,22 @@ declare module "querystring" {
 declare module "events" {
     export class EventEmitter extends NodeJS.EventEmitter {
         static EventEmitter: EventEmitter;
-        static listenerCount(emitter: EventEmitter, event: string): number; // deprecated
+        static listenerCount(emitter: EventEmitter, event: string|symbol): number; // deprecated
         static defaultMaxListeners: number;
 
-        addListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
-        on(event: string, listener: Function): this;
-        once(event: string, listener: Function): this;
-        prependListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
-        prependOnceListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
-        removeListener(event: string, listener: Function): this;
-        removeAllListeners(event?: string): this;
+        addListener(event: string|symbol, listener: Function): this;
+        on(event: string|symbol, listener: Function): this;
+        once(event: string|symbol, listener: Function): this;
+        prependListener(event: string|symbol, listener: Function): this;
+        prependOnceListener(event: string|symbol, listener: Function): this;
+        removeListener(event: string|symbol, listener: Function): this;
+        removeAllListeners(event?: string|symbol): this;
         setMaxListeners(n: number): this;
         getMaxListeners(): number;
-        listeners(event: string): Function[];
-        emit(event: string, ...args: any[]): boolean;
-        eventNames(): string[];
-        listenerCount(type: string): number;
+        listeners(event: string|symbol): Function[];
+        emit(event: string|symbol, ...args: any[]): boolean;
+        eventNames(): (string|symbol)[];
+        listenerCount(type: string|symbol): number;
     }
 }