Yeah modules are a must. Right now we need to do the following,
imports.searchPath.unshift(".");
const ModName = imports.filename
Then all functions, variables etc become available under our constant
*ModName,*which is not what we always want. Many modules might want to
expose just one or 2 objects/methods while keeping everything private. We
can do with closures, but certainly not a clean way.
This also has another problem, since there is no way to know the current
directory in which the file is situated, you really cannot have modules in
a subdirectory.
ES6 modules will solve this problem. But then what will happen to the
current method? It'll suck to use *imports* for the core libraries and
the *import
ModName from filename* syntax for third party libraries.
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On 20 May 2015 at 19:39, Matěj Cepl <mc...@cepl.eu> wrote:
> On 2015-03-07, 19:54 GMT, Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
> >> it would be nice that developer documentation of gjs would be extended,
> >> also with examples of how to write a module in a *modern* and *easy*
> >> way...
> >
> > What do you mean "write a module in a modern and easy way"?
> > What kind of module?
> >
> > Not saying that the documentation is good — because it isn't — but it
> > would help to specify what you want to achieve, and what were the
> > obstacles you met. I'm sure we can make the documentation at least
> > passable, if not good.
>
> Perhaps he is talking about ES6? I believe when it will be in
> the Spidermonkey (or whatever monkey is now running underneath
> GJS) we will have modules, classes, etc. as well. See
> https://hacks.mozilla.org/category/es6-in-depth/ and
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=694100
>
> I cannot get it soon enough, for example.
>
> Best,
>
> Matěj
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