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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Suggestion: Re-purpose `events.listenerCount()` as agnostic function over EventEmitters/EventTargets","articleBody":"There are many top-level functions in `node:events` that mirror their equivalents on the EventEmitter prototype, but also accept EventTarget arguments. (`getEventListeners()`, `getMaxListeners()`, etc.)\n\n`events.listenerCount()` was previously deprecated on the basis of duplicating the functionality of `EventEmitter.prototype.listenerCount()`. However, there's no equivalent function on the EventTarget prototype, and it seems like this would be a good candidate to follow the others and become an agnostic utility function.\n\n```js\nconst { listenerCount } = require('events')\n\nconst et = new EventTarget()\net.addEventListener('event', () =\u003e {})\n\nlistenerCount(et, 'event') // 1\n```\n\nAn alternative for this functionality exists via `getEventListeners(...).length`, but since `listenerCount()` already exists (and has an analogue on the EventEmitter prototype that isn't going anywhere), it seems like this would be a low-effort improvement.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Renegade334","@type":"Person","name":"Renegade334"},"datePublished":"2025-10-11T16:15:38.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/60212/node/issues/60212"}