repl: improve static import error message in repl

Currently the error is rather ambiguous and does not inform folks that
static import is not supported in the repl. This overrides the default
error message with one that is more informative.

Closes: #33576

PR-URL: #33588
Fixes: #33576
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Guy Bedford <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]>

Author: MylesBorins

lib/repl.js

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ const {
   PromiseRace,
   RegExp,
   Set,
+  StringPrototypeIncludes,
   Symbol,
   WeakSet,
 } = primordials;
@@ -586,6 +587,14 @@ function REPLServer(prompt,
             e.stack = e.stack
               .replace(/^REPL\d+:\d+\r?\n/, '')
               .replace(/^\s+at\s.*\n?/gm, '');
+            const importErrorStr = 'Cannot use import statement outside a ' +
+              'module';
+            if (StringPrototypeIncludes(e.message, importErrorStr)) {
+              e.message = 'Cannot use import statement inside the Node.js ' +
+                'repl, alternatively use dynamic import';
+              e.stack = e.stack.replace(/SyntaxError:.*\n/,
+                                        `SyntaxError: ${e.message}\n`);
+            }
           } else if (self.replMode === module.exports.REPL_MODE_STRICT) {
             e.stack = e.stack.replace(/(\s+at\s+REPL\d+:)(\d+)/,
                                       (_, pre, line) => pre + (line - 1));

test/parallel/test-repl.js

@@ -805,6 +805,16 @@ const tcpTests = [
   {
     send: `require(${JSON.stringify(moduleFilename)}).number`,
     expect: '42'
+  },
+  {
+    send: 'import comeOn from \'fhqwhgads\'',
+    expect: [
+      kSource,
+      kArrow,
+      '',
+      'Uncaught:',
+      /^SyntaxError: .* dynamic import/
+    ]
   }
 ];