import.meta and TC39 process as a whole

[Naveen Chawla]

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 <matthewwrobb at gmail.com> 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" <naveen.chwl at gmail.com> 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 <tj.crowder at farsightsoftware.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Naveen Chawla <naveen.chwl at gmail.com>
>> 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
>>
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