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+// can-promise has a crash in some versions of react native that dont have
+// standard global objects
+// https://github.com/soldair/node-qrcode/issues/157
+
+module.exports = function () {
+  return typeof Promise === 'function' && Promise.prototype && Promise.prototype.then
+}