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21 changes: 0 additions & 21 deletions doc/api/events.md
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Expand Up @@ -27,27 +27,6 @@ The following example shows a simple `EventEmitter` instance with a single
listener. The `eventEmitter.on()` method is used to register listeners, while
the `eventEmitter.emit()` method is used to trigger the event.

```js
const EventEmitter = require('events');
const util = require('util');

function MyEmitter() {
EventEmitter.call(this);
}
util.inherits(MyEmitter, EventEmitter);

const myEmitter = new MyEmitter();
myEmitter.on('event', () => {
console.log('an event occurred!');
});
myEmitter.emit('event');
```

Any object can become an `EventEmitter` through inheritance. The example above
uses the traditional Node.js style prototypical inheritance using
the `util.inherits()` method. It is, however, possible to use ES6 classes as
well:

```js
const EventEmitter = require('events');

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