My guess is that it’s for importing modules that expose objects via the global object (e.g., window).
However I do have a question: is it possible for a module to access the global object without relying on the host environment? One use case is to polyfill the language's standard library. es6-shim uses a pretty ugly hack (https://github.com/paulmillr/es6-shim/blob/e17ca7ad73528261a3fc4af2ad71ebc3c8f84c0e/es6-shim.js#L76 <https://github.com/paulmillr/es6-shim/blob/e17ca7ad73528261a3fc4af2ad71ebc3c8f84c0e/es6-shim.js#L76>). I wonder what’s the most elegant way to do that? > On Mar 16, 2015, at 3:59 AM, Kyle Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, all answers super helpful! > > One last clarification: > > ```js > import "foo"; > ``` > > This doesn't do any binding does it? AFAICT, it just downloads and runs the > module (if it hasn't already)? > > If that's true, what's the use-case here besides "preloading" a module > performance wise? > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
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