net.Socket.writable, net.Socket.readable properties aren't part of the official node.js API

Question

I wonder why are net.Socket.writable and net.Socket.readable properties not part of the official node.js API? Does it mean that it's better not to use these properties since it's an internal stuff which can change in the future?

Answer 1

They are -- but not where you are looking. readable and writable are properties of streams, which net.Socket inherits from. See stream.readable and stream.writable, respectively.