The issue is that `ifError` throws whether `example` fulfills or not. Promised values are sequenced by `async`, but promise side-effects are sequenced like side effects of any other javascript statement.
Sure, ifError rejects, but I don't think the behavior here is surprising or strange at all. This is exactly how one would want it to work. If you wanted to await it, you could do that.
Is the concern you're raising that people may accidentally orphan floating promises? That can be addressed with linter rules. [1][2]
