lib/angular/js/ng/rootScope.js
function(name, listener) {
        var namedListeners = this.$$listeners[name];
        if (!namedListeners) {
          this.$$listeners[name] = namedListeners = [];
        }
        namedListeners.push(listener);

        var current = this;
        do {
          if (!current.$$listenerCount[name]) {
            current.$$listenerCount[name] = 0;
          }
          current.$$listenerCount[name]++;
        } while ((current = current.$parent));

        var self = this;
        return function() {
          namedListeners[indexOf(namedListeners, listener)] = null;
          decrementListenerCount(self, 1, name);
        };
      }
function(name, listener) {
        var namedListeners = this.$$listeners[name];
        if (!namedListeners) {
          this.$$listeners[name] = namedListeners = [];
        }
        namedListeners.push(listener);

        var current = this;
        do {
          if (!current.$$listenerCount[name]) {
            current.$$listenerCount[name] = 0;
          }
          current.$$listenerCount[name]++;
        } while ((current = current.$parent));

        var self = this;
        return function() {
          namedListeners[indexOf(namedListeners, listener)] = null;
          decrementListenerCount(self, 1, name);
        };
      }
@ngdoc method
@name $rootScope.Scope#$on
@kind function

@description
Listens on events of a given type. See {@link ng.$rootScope.Scope#$emit $emit} for
discussion of event life cycle.

The event listener function format is: `function(event, args...)`. The `event` object
passed into the listener has the following attributes:

- `targetScope` - `{Scope}`: the scope on which the event was `$emit`-ed or
`$broadcast`-ed.
- `currentScope` - `{Scope}`: the scope that is currently handling the event. Once the
event propagates through the scope hierarchy, this property is set to null.
- `name` - `{string}`: name of the event.
- `stopPropagation` - `{function=}`: calling `stopPropagation` function will cancel
further event propagation (available only for events that were `$emit`-ed).
- `preventDefault` - `{function}`: calling `preventDefault` sets `defaultPrevented` flag
to true.
- `defaultPrevented` - `{boolean}`: true if `preventDefault` was called.

@param {string} name Event name to listen on.
@param {function(event, ...args)} listener Function to call when the event is emitted.
@returns {function()} Returns a deregistration function for this listener.