Any relation with require in other context? For example, require in CommonJs http://wiki.commonjs.org/wiki/Modules/1.1
require "was not born" in Node.js, it has a previous story, and I guess Node.js team adopted the previous work. On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Jorge <[email protected]> wrote: > Async is always best, but sometimes not :-P > > On May 15, 2012, at 8:30 PM, Martín Ciparelli wrote: > > > So the question would be: why an async-driven platform uses sync-driven > way to load modules? > > > > 2012/5/15 Marak Squires <[email protected]> > > require() is a sync call. > > > > If you need an async require ( a require that performs i/o ), you should > check out a plugin system like Broadway ( > https://github.com/flatiron/broadway ) > > > > This will allow you to require modules with an optional .init and > .attach methods, which can both accept optional callbacks. > > > > > > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Guoliang Cao <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm new to Node.js and wrapping my head around the asynchronous > programming model. A question comes to mind is why 'require' itself does > not use callbacks like below. I believe IO is involved in require and a lot > of things can fail. > > > > require('http', > > function(http){ > > // do stuff with http > > }, > > function(error) { > > console.log("Failed to load http"); > > }); > > > > > > Thanks, > > Guoliang Cao > > > > -- > > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "nodejs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > Marak Squires > > Co-founder and Chief Evangelist > > Nodejitsu, Inc. > > [email protected] > > > > > > -- > > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "nodejs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > > > > > -- > > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "nodejs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
