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loader, docs, test: named exports from commonjs modules #16675

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24 changes: 20 additions & 4 deletions doc/api/esm.md
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Expand Up @@ -83,12 +83,19 @@ All CommonJS, JSON, and C++ modules can be used with `import`.
Modules loaded this way will only be loaded once, even if their query
or fragment string differs between `import` statements.

When loaded via `import` these modules will provide a single `default` export
representing the value of `module.exports` at the time they finished evaluating.
CommonJS modules, when imported, will be handled in one of two ways. By default
they will provide a single `default` export representing the value of
`module.exports` at the time they finish evaluating. However, they may also
provide `@@esModuleInterop` or `__esModule` to use named exports, representing
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Perhaps clarify exactly what these properties are - "provide a @esModuleInterop or __esModule boolean export indicating that a snapshot should be taken of each enumerable key..."

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sounds good, and is it @@ or @ to doc a symbol, i thought it was two

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Yeah it's still two, that was a typo.

each enumerable key of `module.exports` at the time they finish evaluating.
In both cases, this should be thought of like a "snapshot" of the exports at
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Is this a snapshot of the values, or just a snapshot of the names?

The latter is necessary, but the former may not be.

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I thought just saying exports was ok since its both the names and the values

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Right - I’m saying that there’s no need for the values to be snapshotted; just the names.

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technically it isn't a snapshot, it's just a useful term to describe how it becomes static when assigned in reflection with es imports.

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It’s pretty important to be precise here :-) i think “a snapshot of the names of the exports”, and indicating that if the values are updated, the resulting imports will update as well (a requirement for APM-like use cases, i understand)

the time of importing; asynchronously modifying `module.exports` will not
affect the values of the exports. Builtin libraries are provided with named
exports as if they were using `@@esModuleInterop`.

```js
import fs from 'fs';
fs.readFile('./foo.txt', (err, body) => {
import { readFile } from 'fs';
readFile('./foo.txt', (err, body) => {
if (err) {
console.error(err);
} else {
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});
```

```js
// main.mjs
import { part } from './other.js';

// other.js
exports.part = () => {};
exports[Symbol.for('esModuleInterop')] = true;
```

## Loader hooks

<!-- type=misc -->
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Expand Up @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ const search = require('internal/loader/search');
const asyncReadFile = require('util').promisify(require('fs').readFile);
const debug = require('util').debuglog('esm');

const esModuleInterop = Symbol.for('esModuleInterop');

const realpathCache = new Map();

const loaders = new Map();
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// Strategy for loading a node-style CommonJS module
loaders.set('cjs', async (url) => {
return createDynamicModule(['default'], url, (reflect) => {
debug(`Loading CJSModule ${url}`);
const CJSModule = require('module');
const pathname = internalURLModule.getPathFromURL(new URL(url));
CJSModule._load(pathname);
debug(`Loading CJSModule ${url}`);
const CJSModule = require('module');
const pathname = internalURLModule.getPathFromURL(new URL(url));
const exports = CJSModule._load(pathname);
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This changes CJS to always evaluate prior to linking ESM which reorders imports in odd ways

const es = Boolean(exports[esModuleInterop] || exports.__esModule);
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I wonder if it might be useful to allow [esModuleInterop]: false to cancel out __esModule when that isn't wanted?

const keys = es ? Object.keys(exports) : ['default'];
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Would Object.getOwnPropertyNames(exports) make more sense?

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i chose to use Object.keys so that it only exports enumerable properties. (it says so in the esm doc)

return createDynamicModule(keys, url, (reflect) => {
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Looks like createDynamicModule would throw if one of the exports was named executor because there would be duplicated exports? Seems like ideally it would generate an executor name that wouldn't conflict, or at least make it less likely to conflict.

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It maps names to safeguard against this already:

${ArrayJoin(ArrayMap(names, (name) => `export let $${name};`), '\n')}

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Ah so it does, my mistake. Missed the $ on there.

if (es) {
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Is branching like this faster? Otherwise seems like the else branch does exactly what the if branch does, just more generally.

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i don't understand what you mean, those two blocks do different things

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Sign, nevermind, just another case of misreading.

for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++)
reflect.exports[keys[i]].set(exports[keys[i]]);
} else {
reflect.exports.default.set(exports);
}
});
});

// Strategy for loading a node builtin CommonJS module that isn't
// through normal resolution
loaders.set('builtin', async (url) => {
return createDynamicModule(['default'], url, (reflect) => {
debug(`Loading BuiltinModule ${url}`);
const exports = NativeModule.require(url.substr(5));
debug(`Loading BuiltinModule ${url}`);
const exports = NativeModule.require(url.substr(5));
const keys = Object.keys(exports);
return createDynamicModule(['default', ...keys], url, (reflect) => {
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It's not documented that builtin modules still have a default export.

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Perhaps for these native module keys we should add a filter - Object.keys(exports).filter(name => name.startsWith('_') === false)? This would avoid private keys such as import { _makeLong } from 'path' being on the public API that will end up in the list for type hinting systems such as TypeScript.

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Please do not; _ may be used to convey hopeful privacy, but it’s always fully public.

reflect.exports.default.set(exports);
for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++)
reflect.exports[keys[i]].set(exports[keys[i]]);
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One of the worries with doing this for native modules was that any updates to native module exports won't be seen. Specifically I think this was an issue when considering APM use cases that monkey patch any native internals.

That said, if such issues do come up, setter detection on native modules could possibly be configured to update named exports.

});
});

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// Flags: --experimental-modules
/* eslint-disable required-modules */

import assert from 'assert';
import eightyfour, { named as fourtytwo } from
'../fixtures/es-module-loaders/babel-to-esm.js';

assert.strictEqual(eightyfour, 84);
assert.strictEqual(fourtytwo, 42);
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// Flags: --experimental-modules
/* eslint-disable required-modules */

import * as fs from 'fs';
import assert from 'assert';
import fs, { readFile } from 'fs';
import main, { named } from
'../fixtures/es-module-loaders/cjs-to-es-namespace.js';

assert.deepStrictEqual(Object.keys(fs), ['default']);
assert(fs);
assert(fs.readFile);
assert.strictEqual(fs.readFile, readFile);

assert.strictEqual(main, 1);
assert.strictEqual(named, true);
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// Flags: --experimental-modules
/* eslint-disable required-modules */

import assert from 'assert';
import { enum as e } from
'../fixtures/es-module-loaders/reserved-keywords.js';

assert(e);
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"use strict";

/*
created by babel with es2015 preset
```
export const named = 42;
export default 84;
```
*/

Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", {
value: true
});
var named = exports.named = 42;
exports.default = 84;
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exports.named = true;
exports.default = 1;

exports[Symbol.for('esModuleInterop')] = true;
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module.exports = {
enum: 'enum',
class: 'class',
delete: 'delete',
[Symbol.for('esModuleInterop')]: true,
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Babel folks: Any opinions on the symbol name esModuleInterop?
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there's no need to force camelCase. ES Module Interop would work too.

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most symbols i see throughout the js world use camelCase or PascalCase, and __esModule is still supported (as it says in the docs)

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Variable names do; Symbols haven't been around long enough to have an established convention around that. The string in Symbol() and Symbol.for() is a description - there's zero reason it needs to be limited to being an identifier.

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I did not see the camel case debate coming... was thinking more along the lines of whether it should be Symbol.for('esModule') (so just remove the double underbar), but sure. I also wanted to pull Babel folks into this thread since it's super relevant to them.

Node is currently a bit all over the place with its symbol labels. Examples:

Symbol('util.promisify.custom')
Symbol('customPromisifyArgs')

I'm curious if Babel is transitioning to a symbol key as well and if they already have a name.

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Definitely appreciate the ping. I personally don't see that it'd be feasible for us to use a Symbol because the code could be running on a platform that doesn't support Symbols, assuming I'm following all this properly, but it probably does make sense to use a Symbol in the long run for loaders, assuming Symbol support is known to exist.

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