What's wrong with having `module` as an identifier simply meaning "this module"?
I know it's special but is it really that remarkable? On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 at 21:25 Matthew Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > It all boils down to direct and indirect evaluation and static contextual > information. It can't be an identifier any more than super or this. It > can't be passed because it's a different type of evaluation that happens > relative to static context, in this case the containing module body. > > You can pass access to it by closing over it however. > > On Aug 5, 2017 11:47 AM, "Naveen Chawla" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes although it could be implemented like an object & function underneath > even if it's not officially exposed as one. > > I think the key question is for interested TC39 members - whether passing > it around must be expressly disallowed or allowed. If allowed, `module` is > the only choice that won't go against the existing advice against > identifiers being keywords (besides being a more suitable name anyway). > If it must be expressly disallowed, `import` would be the compromise choice. > > A use-case for passing it somewhere might be to a static helper function > which lives in another module, and which might use the `meta` information, > and which carries out the import whose parameter is based on some logic > that is repeated throughout the app. > > Reasons for disallowing this must come from TC39 - till then I'm stumped > > On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 at 19:10 T.J. Crowder <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Naveen Chawla <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > Thanks for the link! That means that `import` is already on the >> borderline of the spec since it wants to be a function and object. >> >> No, not at all. It's a keyword. `import.meta` doesn't make `import` an >> object, any more than `new.target` makes `new` an object. >> >> -- T.J. Crowder >> > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > >
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