Just to be sure... Does a get printed only the first time the module A is imported somewhere, or every time?
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Patrick Mueller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Kevin Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> OK, so: >> >> module A { console.log("a"); export var x; } >> console.log("$"); >> import x from A; >> >> Does this print: >> $ >> a >> or >> a >> $ >> > > The first - "$", then "a". > > At least, that's how most module systems I've played with seem to work - > CommonJS-ish ones I've written and used, and mostly AMD; there was an issue > with the AMD almond loader that it would execute a "module factory" when > the module was define()'d, not when it was first require()'d. Can't > remember the final stand on that one. I think most of the AMD loaders will > ensure that factories are not run until needed. > > This has worked out quite well, as it means ordering of modules doesn't > matter - Browserify is a good example of this. It means you don't HAVE to > arrange your modules in any particular order, just make sure they are all > defined before you do your first require(). MUCH, MUCH easier to build > concatenators if you don't care what the order is. > > -- > Patrick Mueller > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > >
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