doc: add missing return types in fs.md - #65307
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Three entries in the fs documentation described their return
value only in prose, or not at all, so doc-kit could not parse
a return type and fell back to `void`:
* `filehandle[Symbol.asyncDispose]()` and
`dir[Symbol.asyncDispose]()` both return a promise, matching
the existing `Returns: {Promise}` annotations on other async
dispose methods.
* `new fs.Utf8Stream([options])` is a constructor and returns
an instance of the class.
Verified at runtime and by rendering the page locally with
doc-kit.
Refs: nodejs/doc-kit#953
Signed-off-by: Chxxeton <43923165+Chxxeton@users.noreply.github.com>
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Three entries in the
fsdocumentation described their return value only in prose, or not at all, so the documentation tooling could not parse a return type and fell back tovoid:filehandle[Symbol.asyncDispose]()anddir[Symbol.asyncDispose]()both return a promise. This matches the existingReturns: {Promise}annotations on other async dispose methods, such asheapProfileHandle[Symbol.asyncDispose]()inv8.md.new fs.Utf8Stream([options])is a constructor and returns an instance of the class, annotated the same way as thefs.ReadStreamandfs.WriteStreamconstructors in this file.No prose was changed; only the structured
Returns:lines were added.Verified by calling each function on a local build and by rendering
fs.mdlocally, which now showsPromise,Promiseandfs.Utf8Streaminstead ofvoid.Refs: nodejs/doc-kit#953