toasync.js

  /**
   * Converts the function into an asynchronous function. Each invocation of the resulting asynchronous function causes an invocation of the original synchronous function on the specified scheduler.
   * @param {Function} function Function to convert to an asynchronous function.
   * @param {Scheduler} [scheduler] Scheduler to run the function on. If not specified, defaults to Scheduler.timeout.
   * @param {Mixed} [context] The context for the func parameter to be executed.  If not specified, defaults to undefined.
   * @returns {Function} Asynchronous function.
   */
  var observableToAsync = Observable.toAsync = function (func, context, scheduler) {
    isScheduler(scheduler) || (scheduler = defaultScheduler);
    return function () {
      var args = arguments,
        subject = new AsyncSubject();

      scheduler.schedule(null, function () {
        var result;
        try {
          result = func.apply(context, args);
        } catch (e) {
          subject.onError(e);
          return;
        }
        subject.onNext(result);
        subject.onCompleted();
      });
      return subject.asObservable();
    };
  };