$emit $broadcast synchronous or asynchronous?

Question

Are $scope.$emit() and $scope.$broadcast() synchronous or asynchronous in the literal sense?

For example, in the cases

$scope.$emit()
console.log(" I am finished sending events");

and

$scope.$broadcast()
console.log(" I am finished sending events");

If all the listeners are synchronous (have no ajax calls etc) will the logging only happen after all listeners receive their events?

Answer 1

They are synchronous.

See also https://groups.google.com/d/msg/angular/yyH3FYAy5ZY/APANNMnolD8J