module exports

[Domenic Denicola]

```js

// module1.js
export let foo = 5;
export function changeFoo() {
    foo = 10;
}

// module2.js
import { foo, changeFoo } from "./module1";

// Import imports mutable bindings
// So calling changeFoo will change the foo in current scope (and original scope)

console.log(foo); // 5
changeFoo();
console.log(foo); // 10

// module3.js
module module1 from "./module1";
let { foo, changeFoo } = module1;

// Destructuring uses assignment to copy over the current values
// So calling changeFoo does not affect this binding for foo

console.log(foo); // 5
changeFoo();
console.log(foo); // 5





From: John Barton <johnjbarton at google.com>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 10:35
To: Domenic Denicola
Cc: Mark Volkmann; Kevin Smith; es-discuss at mozilla.org
Subject: Re: module exports
  

What is a 'mutable binding'?



On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 7:30 AM, Domenic Denicola  <domenic at domenicdenicola.com> wrote:


Importing is nothing like destructuring. You import mutable bindings; you don't do assignment. I'm very glad that different syntax is used for each case.



From: Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 10:19
To: Kevin Smith
Cc: Domenic Denicola;  es-discuss at mozilla.org
Subject: Re: module exports
  



I understand it's hard to make changes after a certain point. It's too bad though that developers will have to remember that the way to import a few things from a module is:


import {foo, bar} from 'somewhere';


but the way to import the whole module is:


module SomeModule from 'somewhere';


instead of


import SomeModule from 'somewhere';


It just seems so clean to say that if you want to import something, you always use the "import" keyword. 



On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Kevin Smith  <zenparsing at gmail.com> wrote:












    export { foo as default };



I fail to see why sugar over this form is necessary.      

 I completely agree. Plus if this is taken away then the "import" keyword can be used to get the whole module as in my example above. At that point maybe there is no need for the "module" keyword.  

 
Maybe, but at this point that would be too big of a change to swallow.  I think if we can just focus on eliminating this one pointless and confusing aspect (the export default [expr] form), we'll be good to go.



     



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