From f8872064cce4357a5ba502b2a63789d1057b6263 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cloudhead <self@cloudhead.net>
Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 01:13:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] (fix) output the subjects without need for nextTick

---
 lib/vows.js | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/vows.js b/lib/vows.js
index 5066261..6661591 100644
--- a/lib/vows.js
+++ b/lib/vows.js
@@ -281,10 +281,10 @@ function addVows(tests) {
 
 function puts() {
     var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
-    if (vows.promises[suites - 1].listeners('finish').length > 0) {
+    if (vows.promises.length && vows.promises[suites - 1].listeners('finish').length > 0) {
         buffer.push(args.join('\n'));
     } else {
-      sys.puts.apply(null, args);
+        sys.puts.apply(null, args);
     }
 }
 
@@ -388,11 +388,10 @@ vows.describe = function (subject) {
     broken = 0, errored = 0;
     buffer = [], suites = 0;
 
-    process.nextTick(function () {
-        if (!vows.options.brief) {
-            puts('\n' + stylize(subject, 'underline') + '\n');
-        }
-    });
+    if (!vows.options.brief) {
+        puts('\n' + stylize(subject, 'underline') + '\n');
+    }
+
     return new(events.EventEmitter)().addListener('newListener', function (e, listener) {
         var that = this;
         if (e === 'end') {