guest271314 (2019-06-02T19:53:51.000Z)
Multiple imports are already possible

```
import {inline} from "./inline.js";
import {nextInline} from "./nextInline.js";

const o = {
  a:1, b:2, c:3
};

// ...

export {o, cities, video, inline, nextInline};
```

Are you proposing multiple ```export```s?

```
export {o, cities, video, inline, nextInline};
o.c = 7;
export {o};
```



On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 6:19 PM kai zhu <kaizhu256 at gmail.com> wrote:

> @guest271314 <guest271314 at gmail.com>, your example again is not a
> [native] bundle of two or more inlined es-modules.  its just a single
> es-module that that fetches json data.
>
> i'm asking if its desirable to inline multiple es-modules into a single
> file natively, e.g.:
>
> ```
> /*
>  * es-module.rollup.js
>  * this [hypothetical] rollup-file contains multiple inlined es-modules
>  * to improve load-performance in production-deployment.
>  */
>
> // 1. inlined es-module ./main.js
> import { foo } from "./counter.js"
> import { bar } from "./display.js"
> foo(bar);
>
> // 2. inlined es-module ./counter.js
> var foo;
> foo = function (bar) {
>     bar();
> };
> export { foo }
>
> // 3. inlined es-module ./display.js
> var bar;
> bar = function () {
>     console.log("hello world");
> };
> export { bar }
> ```
>
> this native es-module inline-capability may not be desirable to you, which
> is fine.  it would be a datapoint against this feature (and rely instead on
> pre-emptive import-maps and http2-push, as explained by @frederick and
> @isiah).
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 11:22 AM guest271314 <guest271314 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 1) original-question - is native es-module's async-behavior desirable?
>>> async side-effects are difficult to manage -- i conjecture that
>>> async-loading 20 es-modules (with dependent side-effects) is not practical
>>> for most mortals to handle.
>>
>>
>> It depends on what *you *mean by "desirable" in a given context.
>>
>> There is no difference from loading 1 module and loading 1000 modules
>> except for network cost, memory and disk space usage.
>>
>> Mortals can handle far more than loading 20 es-modules.
>>
>> What are the specific  "side-effects" that you are referring to?
>>
>> describes the mechanism for how to hint the brower to pre-fetch 20
>>> es-modules. but if you pre-fetch, then is loading-behavior effectively
>>> synchronous?
>>
>>
>> Resources can be "pre-fetched" using various means. From caching the
>> first request and using the cached data instead of making future requests
>> for the same resources to storing one or more entire directories in the
>> browser configuration folder using `requestFileSystem` (Chromiom/Chrome).
>>
>> but was unclear whether they were individual [async] ```<script
>>> type="module">``` tags, or some es5-transpiled rollup
>>
>>
>> There should not be any difference between the two approaches. If there
>> is a difference then you should be able to clearly state what the
>> difference is, and demonstrate the difference by reproduction, without
>> speculating and not demonstrating a difference by means of reproduction.
>>
>> 2) the second-question about es-module rollups (which you and i are
>>> debating) stemmed from @isiah's response -- if he and everyone-else use
>>> es5-transpiled rollups (which i suspect),
>>
>>
>> Do not care what "everyone-else" is supposedly doing. How can you
>> possibly know what everyone-else is doing and even if you did know what
>> third-parties are doing how does that affect what you are doing?
>>
>> then shouldn't it be desirable for es-modules to natively support rollups
>>> as well?  currently, there's no way to natively rollup multiple es-modules
>>> into a single bundle.
>>
>>
>> There are ways to "bundle" multiple modules into a single export
>> "natively", as demonstrated at the previously posted code.
>>
>> Another example approach
>>
>> ```
>> // sync
>> const o = {
>>   a:1, b:2, c:3
>> };
>> // async
>> const cities = fetch("
>> https://gist.githubusercontent.com/guest271314/ffac94353ab16f42160e/raw/aaee70a3e351f6c7bc00178eabb5970a02df87e9/states.json
>> ")
>>                .then(response => response.json())
>>                .catch(e => {console.error(e); return "error fetching
>> cities module"});
>> // async
>> const video = fetch("
>> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/120-cell.ogv")
>>                .then(response => response.blob())
>>               .catch(e => {console.error(e); return "error fetching video
>> module"});
>> // multiple "modules" exported
>> export {o, cities, video};
>> ```
>>
>> at single ```<script type="module">```
>>
>> ```
>>     <script type="module">
>>       import * as o from "./script.js";
>>       (async(mods) => {
>>         for (const [key, value] of mods) {
>>           if (value instanceof Promise) {
>>             console.log("async module", key, await value)
>>           } else {
>>             console.log("sync module", key, value);
>>           }
>>         }
>>       })(Object.entries(o));
>>     </script>
>> ```
>>
>> Still there is no actual problem statement. Rather, there is conjecture
>> without a definitive issue to solve.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 3:54 AM kai zhu <kaizhu256 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> i apologize for poor framing of my questions.  they are still formative,
>>> but i can clarify abit as follows:
>>>
>>> 1) original-question - is native es-module's async-behavior desirable?
>>> async side-effects are difficult to manage -- i conjecture that
>>> async-loading 20 es-modules (with dependent side-effects) is not practical
>>> for most mortals to handle.
>>> @frederick describes the mechanism for how to hint the brower to
>>> pre-fetch 20 es-modules. but if you pre-fetch, then is loading-behavior
>>> effectively synchronous?
>>> @isiah says he has experience loading 50-100 modules, but was unclear
>>> whether they were individual [async] ```<script type="module">``` tags,
>>> or some es5-transpiled rollup.
>>>
>>> i may be wrong about everything, as i'm a bit ignorant on what async
>>> actually means in es-modules (and appreciate it, if someone can clarify
>>> that).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2) the second-question about es-module rollups (which you and i are
>>> debating) stemmed from @isiah's response -- if he and everyone-else use
>>> es5-transpiled rollups (which i suspect), then shouldn't it be desirable
>>> for es-modules to natively support rollups as well?  currently, there's no
>>> way to natively rollup multiple es-modules into a single bundle.
>>>
>>> this 2nd question also has implications about es-module's async-behavior
>>> (because rollups "load" modules in sync/blocking fashion).  this could
>>> change side-effect behaviors between development-mode (20 [async] ```<script
>>> type="module">``` tags) and production-mode (1 rollup-bundle).  again,
>>> i may be wrong about that, as i'm ignorant about what async actually is in
>>> es-modules.
>>>
>>> -kai
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 9:22 PM guest271314 <guest271314 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> > it doesn't actually ```import``` 1000+ es-modules inside the
>>>> rollup-file. it just creates one es-module that exports a dictionary -- and
>>>> assigns the dictionary 1000+ vanilla json-objects and functions.
>>>>
>>>> The code provides a means to fetch N resources and export those
>>>> resources within a single object.
>>>>
>>>> > currently, as i'm aware, nobody uses native es-modules in production,
>>>> because it cannot be rolled-up.
>>>> > in practice es-modules are [babel] transpiled down to es5-amd (or
>>>> similar) for rollup-purposes.
>>>> >
>>>> > if we're actually committed to native es-modules, then we either
>>>> > 1) need to depend on embedders like loading-dev at chromium.org to
>>>> create sophisticated cache-systems, or
>>>> > 2) introduce new language-syntax to delimit es-modules for
>>>> rollup-purposes, e.g.
>>>>
>>>> You still have not clearly defined what you mean by "rolled-up". That
>>>> language appears to be a random nickname, not any immutable principle that
>>>> individuals are bound to recognize or observe (even if "rolled-up" were
>>>> some form of a coding style or standard).
>>>>
>>>> Nor is it clear what you mean by "production".
>>>>
>>>> There is no external central committee that stamps code as
>>>> "production". Even if there were no individual is obliged to submit to such
>>>> a procedure nor have any concern for such an arbitrary and irrelevant
>>>> presumptive review of code.
>>>>
>>>> The only observable points are input and output. In general, how output
>>>> is achieved is immaterial. If there are specific restrictions as to how the
>>>> output can be achieved then those restrictions need to be clearly defined.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The original post asked "how many async-modules can js-app practically
>>>> load?" and mentioned "circular-references" (the thread appears to
>>>> mainly be about one or more coding styles, not code itself) though as yet
>>>> no code has been posted which demonstrates "circular-references" or any
>>>> other coding problem.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 1:30 AM kai zhu <kaizhu256 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> i played around with your code in jsfiddle [1], and understand it a
>>>>> little more.
>>>>> it doesn't actually ```import``` 1000+ es-modules inside the
>>>>> rollup-file.
>>>>> it just creates one es-module that exports a dictionary
>>>>>  -- and assigns the dictionary 1000+ vanilla json-objects and
>>>>> functions.
>>>>>
>>>>> ```js
>>>>> // the "rollup-file" is a single es-module
>>>>> // that exports 1000+ vanilla dictionary-entries
>>>>> const modules = {};
>>>>>
>>>>> // this is not a es-module, nor is it rolled-up (external fetch)
>>>>> modules.image = <await fetch json from gist.github.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> // this is not a [rolled-up] es-module
>>>>> modules.fn = function () {...}
>>>>>
>>>>> // these are not [rolled-up] es-modules
>>>>> Object.assign(modules, <1000 json-entries>)
>>>>>
>>>>> export {modules}
>>>>> ```
>>>>>
>>>>> currently, as i'm aware, nobody uses native es-modules in production,
>>>>> because it cannot be rolled-up.
>>>>> in practice es-modules are [babel] transpiled down to es5-amd (or
>>>>> similar) for rollup-purposes.
>>>>>
>>>>> if we're actually committed to native es-modules, then we either
>>>>> 1) need to depend on embedders like loading-dev at chromium.org to
>>>>> create sophisticated cache-systems, or
>>>>> 2) introduce new language-syntax to delimit es-modules for
>>>>> rollup-purposes, e.g.
>>>>>
>>>>> ```js
>>>>> // rollup.js with [hypothetical] # delimited es-modules
>>>>> # module aa
>>>>> import {bb} as bb;
>>>>> export ...;
>>>>>
>>>>> # module bb
>>>>> export ...;
>>>>> ```
>>>>>
>>>>> i'm generally skeptical of option 1, given how poorly npmjs.com has
>>>>> handled similar problems deduplicating children in node_modules/ directory.
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] jsfiddle pseudo-module rollup
>>>>> https://jsfiddle.net/06twrLfd/
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 5:30 PM guest271314 <guest271314 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> > your rollup solution is interesting,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What  is "rollup" referring to?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > but i get an error when run in chrome (i changed to n=20 to prevent
>>>>>> name-collision, but it still happens).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The duplicate ("collision") entry an ```try..catch``` block is
>>>>>> included in the code to demonstrate given an array of module names to be
>>>>>> exported and imported as identifiers 1) duplicate entries can be filtered;
>>>>>> 2) if a plain object is exported duplicate identifiers ("collision") is not
>>>>>> possible as a JavaScript plain object does not have duplicate property
>>>>>> names ("collision"); if there is an issue with identifiers in a module the
>>>>>> cause would not be the number of async-modules loaded ("how many"), but the
>>>>>> naming of the identifiers within the code, using or not using ```const```
>>>>>> or ```let```. Still not sure what the actual issue is?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > don't completely understand how it works,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Use an ```async``` function to fetch data, check for the described
>>>>>> "collision" , create a ```data URI``` to be imported, optionally, append
>>>>>> addition code to be executed within the ```<script type="module">```.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > but not sure of suitability for production-use, because of its
>>>>>> dynamic <script> tag generation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is the issue with dynamic ```<script>``` tag generation?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is more than one possible approach to achieve the presumptive
>>>>>> requirement, that is still not clear to the exclusion of what is not the
>>>>>> expected result.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There were no restrictions described at the OP and following messages
>>>>>> other than other than
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > pure-es6 application with 20 es-modules rolled-up into one
>>>>>> [production] bundle?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The example code uses only JavaScript implementation shipped with the
>>>>>> browser without any external, third-party libraries.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What standard or definition are you relying for the meaning of the
>>>>>> term "production-use"? What procedure are you using to determine if code is
>>>>>> "production-use" "suitable"? How is that procedure related to "how many
>>>>>> async-modules can js-app practically load?"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 9:42 PM kai zhu <kaizhu256 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> your rollup solution is interesting, but i get an error when run in
>>>>>>> chrome (i changed to n=20 to prevent name-collision, but it still
>>>>>>> happens).  don't completely understand how it works, but not sure of
>>>>>>> suitability for production-use, because of its dynamic <script> tag
>>>>>>> generation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ```console
>>>>>>> ReferenceError: module names ["yeqjqb02mvg3yze26rc5"] are not unique
>>>>>>>     at
>>>>>>> data:application/javascript,%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20const%20modules...
>>>>>>> ```
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 2:33 PM guest271314 <guest271314 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Re: how many async-modules can js-app practically load?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> An example of exporting and importing loading 1000 properties in a
>>>>>>>> single module, where duplicate property names are checked for. Since
>>>>>>>> JavaScript plain objects cannot have duplicate property names there should
>>>>>>>> not be any "collisions"; the code can check for and modify the object to be
>>>>>>>> exported, though the last duplicate property name will be exported without
>>>>>>>> any errors thrown unless the code is composed to throw such an error.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ```
>>>>>>>>   (async() => {
>>>>>>>>     const oneThousandModules = encodeURIComponent(
>>>>>>>>       // substitute rand for a Set of module names to be exported
>>>>>>>>       // e.g. const moduleNames = ['moduleA', 'moduleB', ...moduleZ]
>>>>>>>>       `
>>>>>>>>       const modules = {};
>>>>>>>>       // set a function to be exported
>>>>>>>>       modules.fn = function() {return 'a function'};
>>>>>>>>       // function to set (1000) 'random' module names to be exported
>>>>>>>>       const rand = (seed = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789',
>>>>>>>> n = 5, len = seed.length) =>
>>>>>>>>         '.'.repeat(n).replace(/./g, _ => seed[~~(Math.random() *
>>>>>>>> len)]);
>>>>>>>>         // use Set for unique module identifiers
>>>>>>>>         const moduleNames = [...Array(1000)].map(_ => rand());
>>>>>>>>         const moduleIdentifiers = new Set(moduleNames);
>>>>>>>>         // below line will cause ReferenceError to be thrown
>>>>>>>>         moduleNames.push(moduleNames[0]);
>>>>>>>>         try {
>>>>>>>>           if (moduleIdentifiers.size !== moduleNames.length) {
>>>>>>>>             // check for duplicates
>>>>>>>>             const duplicates = moduleNames.filter((moduleName,
>>>>>>>> index) => moduleNames.indexOf(moduleName) !== index);
>>>>>>>>             // notification of duplicate module names
>>>>>>>>             throw new ReferenceError('module names ' +
>>>>>>>> JSON.stringify(duplicates) + ' are not unique');
>>>>>>>>             // perform the designated task if duplicate module
>>>>>>>> names are found here
>>>>>>>>           }
>>>>>>>>         } catch (e) {
>>>>>>>>           console.error(e);
>>>>>>>>           console.trace();
>>>>>>>>         }
>>>>>>>>         // get, set (sync or async) exported module here
>>>>>>>>         Object.assign(modules, ...[...moduleIdentifiers].map((id,
>>>>>>>> value) => ({[id]:value})));
>>>>>>>>         // since JavaScript plain object cannot have duplicate
>>>>>>>> property names
>>>>>>>>         // modules object will still be exported without duplicate
>>>>>>>> property names
>>>>>>>>         // without collisions
>>>>>>>>         export {modules}
>>>>>>>>     `);
>>>>>>>>     const scriptText = `import {modules} from
>>>>>>>> "data:application/javascript,${oneThousandModules};${encodeURIComponent('console.log(modules);for
>>>>>>>> (const key in modules) {if (typeof modules[key] === \'function\')
>>>>>>>> {console.log(modules[key]());}}')}"`;
>>>>>>>>     const script = document.createElement("script");
>>>>>>>>     script.type = "module";
>>>>>>>>     script.textContent = scriptText;
>>>>>>>>     document.head.appendChild(script);
>>>>>>>>   })();
>>>>>>>> ```
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> plnkr https://plnkr.co/edit/CgEhBY?p=preview
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 1:51 AM kai zhu <kaizhu256 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> > Place all of the code to be exported in 1 file?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> that obviously will not work, because of module-scope collision.
>>>>>>>>> can anyone share their experience on deploying a [babel-free] pure-es6
>>>>>>>>> application with 20 es-modules rolled-up into one [production] bundle?  is
>>>>>>>>> it even possible?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 7:55 PM guest271314 <guest271314 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> > how would i transition from development-mode (20 es-module
>>>>>>>>>> files) -> production-mode (1 rollup file)?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Place all of the code to be exported in 1 file?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> > with some of them having circular-references
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Not certain how that is possible when using ```import``` within
>>>>>>>>>> ```<script type="module">```?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> > how many async-modules can js-app practically load?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Again, how many have you tried to load? 100? 500? 1000? Either
>>>>>>>>>> should be possible.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> What specific issue are you actually to resolve?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 5:40 PM kai zhu <kaizhu256 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> > Oh, and yes, I've loaded upwards of 50-100 modules in
>>>>>>>>>>> development. 20
>>>>>>>>>>> modules is *easy* to achieve in single-page apps.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> was that with some combination of babel/rollup/webpack or
>>>>>>>>>>> pure-es6?
>>>>>>>>>>> if i want to develop a pure-es6 webapp (no babel), how would i
>>>>>>>>>>> transition from development-mode (20 es-module files) -> production-mode (1
>>>>>>>>>>> rollup file)?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 10:47 AM Isiah Meadows <
>>>>>>>>>>> isiahmeadows at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> If it's bundled by Rollup or Webpack into a single bundle, it's
>>>>>>>>>>>> equivalent to a single `<script type="module" src="...">`
>>>>>>>>>>>> pointing
>>>>>>>>>>>> towards the original entry point, excluding network requests.*
>>>>>>>>>>>> But in
>>>>>>>>>>>> either case, you aren't listing 50 scripts, you're only listing
>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> entry module and importing child modules within parent modules.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Rollup
>>>>>>>>>>>> and Webpack do mostly the same thing browsers do when it comes
>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>> resolving dependencies, just they generate a bundle afterwards
>>>>>>>>>>>> where
>>>>>>>>>>>> browsers execute code afterwards. Also, it's worth noting that
>>>>>>>>>>>> the gap
>>>>>>>>>>>> between a single large request and multiple smaller requests has
>>>>>>>>>>>> shrunk a lot since HTTP/2 came along, since it's binary, it
>>>>>>>>>>>> allows
>>>>>>>>>>>> requests and response data to be interleaved, it better
>>>>>>>>>>>> leverages the
>>>>>>>>>>>> underlying TCP protocol format, and it allows servers to send
>>>>>>>>>>>> data
>>>>>>>>>>>> pre-emptively without the client requesting it first. (Web
>>>>>>>>>>>> sockets are
>>>>>>>>>>>> built on this functionality.) It's still better to bundle in
>>>>>>>>>>>> general,
>>>>>>>>>>>> but it's less of a problem not to.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> This is *not* the case for `<script type="module">` elements -
>>>>>>>>>>>> those
>>>>>>>>>>>> operate more like inline scripts that happen to have the
>>>>>>>>>>>> ability to
>>>>>>>>>>>> `import`.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, and yes, I've loaded upwards of 50-100 modules in
>>>>>>>>>>>> development. 20
>>>>>>>>>>>> modules is *easy* to achieve in single-page apps.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> * This is, of course, not the case if you are using pure ES6
>>>>>>>>>>>> and you
>>>>>>>>>>>> aren't using any plugins to, say, run the original source
>>>>>>>>>>>> through
>>>>>>>>>>>> Babel for React + JSX or something.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> -----
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Isiah Meadows
>>>>>>>>>>>> contact at isiahmeadows.com
>>>>>>>>>>>> www.isiahmeadows.com
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, May 25, 2019 at 2:12 AM kai zhu <kaizhu256 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > Asynchronous loading differs only in
>>>>>>>>>>>> > that it takes more code to express the same logic and you
>>>>>>>>>>>> have to take
>>>>>>>>>>>> > into account concurrent requests (and you need to cache the
>>>>>>>>>>>> request,
>>>>>>>>>>>> > not the result), but it's otherwise the same from 1km away.
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > so async-loading 50 ```<script type="module">``` tags
>>>>>>>>>>>> > has equivalent side-effect
>>>>>>>>>>>> > as sync-loading single webpack-rollup (of same 50 modules)?
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > i have nagging suspicion of doubts.  has anyone tried native
>>>>>>>>>>>> async-loading large numbers (>10) of
>>>>>>>>>>>> > ```<script type="module">``` tags, and verify it resolves
>>>>>>>>>>>> identically to using a single webpack-rollup?
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > again, i'm not that knowledgeable on es-modules, so above
>>>>>>>>>>>> question may be trivially true, and i'm just not aware.
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > -kai
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > On 24 May 2019, at 23:41, Isiah Meadows <
>>>>>>>>>>>> isiahmeadows at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > There's two main reasons why it scales:
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > 1. Modules are strongly encapsulated while minimizing global
>>>>>>>>>>>> pollution.
>>>>>>>>>>>> > 2. The resolution algorithm applies the same logic no matter
>>>>>>>>>>>> how many
>>>>>>>>>>>> > modules are loaded.
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > It's much easier for it to scale when you write the code
>>>>>>>>>>>> unaware of
>>>>>>>>>>>> > how many modules you might be loading and unaware of how deep
>>>>>>>>>>>> their
>>>>>>>>>>>> > dependency graph is. Fewer assumptions here is key. It's an
>>>>>>>>>>>> > engineering problem, but a relatively simple one.
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > If you want a short example of how sync module resolution
>>>>>>>>>>>> works, you
>>>>>>>>>>>> > can take a look at this little utility I wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> > https://github.com/isiahmeadows/simple-require-loader. That
>>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>>> > asynchronously resolve modules, but it should help explain
>>>>>>>>>>>> the process
>>>>>>>>>>>> > from a synchronous standpoint. Asynchronous loading differs
>>>>>>>>>>>> only in
>>>>>>>>>>>> > that it takes more code to express the same logic and you
>>>>>>>>>>>> have to take
>>>>>>>>>>>> > into account concurrent requests (and you need to cache the
>>>>>>>>>>>> request,
>>>>>>>>>>>> > not the result), but it's otherwise the same from 1km away.
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > -----
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > Isiah Meadows
>>>>>>>>>>>> > contact at isiahmeadows.com
>>>>>>>>>>>> > www.isiahmeadows.com
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 10:49 AM kai zhu <kaizhu256 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > actually, i admit i don't know what i'm talking about.  just
>>>>>>>>>>>> generally confused (through ignorance) on how large-scale es-module
>>>>>>>>>>>> dependencies resolve when loaded/imported asynchronously.
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 10:42 PM Logan Smyth <
>>>>>>>>>>>> loganfsmyth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > Can you elaborate on what loading state you need to keep
>>>>>>>>>>>> track of? What is the bottleneck that you run into? Also to be sure, when
>>>>>>>>>>>> you say async-load, do you mean `import()`?
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > On Wed, May 22, 2019, 20:17 kai zhu <kaizhu256 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > i don't use es-modules.
>>>>>>>>>>>> > but with amd/requirejs, I start having trouble with
>>>>>>>>>>>> module-initializations in nodejs/browser at ~5 async modules (that may or
>>>>>>>>>>>> may not have circular-references).  10 would be hard, and 20 would be near
>>>>>>>>>>>> inhuman for me.
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > can we say its somewhat impractical for most applications to
>>>>>>>>>>>> load more than 50 async modules (with some of them having
>>>>>>>>>>>> circular-references)?  and perhaps better design/spec module-loading
>>>>>>>>>>>> mechanisms with this usability concern in mind?
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > p.s. its also impractical for me to async-load 5 or more
>>>>>>>>>>>> modules without using globalThis to keep track of each module's
>>>>>>>>>>>> loading-state.
>>>>>>>>>>>> > _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>>>>>> > es-discuss mailing list
>>>>>>>>>>>> > es-discuss at mozilla.org
>>>>>>>>>>>> > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > _______________________________________________
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>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Multiple imports are already possible

```
import {inline} from "./inline.js";
import {nextInline} from "./nextInline.js";

const o = {
  a:1, b:2, c:3
};

const z = {f: 5};

// ...

export {o, cities, video, inline, nextInline};
```

Are you proposing multiple ```export```s

```
export {o, cities, video, inline, nextInline};
o.c = 7;
z.c = o.c;
export {z};
```

which is also currently possible?

Re 

> having circular-references

Is the issue at the example code use of `var` instead of `const` and exporting the same identifier twice?

```Uncaught SyntaxError: Duplicate export of 'o'```?
guest271314 at gmail.com (2019-06-02T20:36:49.140Z)
Multiple imports are already possible

```
import {inline} from "./inline.js";
import {nextInline} from "./nextInline.js";

const o = {
  a:1, b:2, c:3
};

const z = {f: 5};

// ...

export {o, cities, video, inline, nextInline};
```

Are you proposing multiple ```export```s

```
export {o, cities, video, inline, nextInline};
o.c = 7;
z.c = o.c;
export {z};
```

which is also currently possible?

Is the issue at the example code use of `var` instead of `const` and exporting the same identifier twice?

```Uncaught SyntaxError: Duplicate export of 'o'```?
guest271314 at gmail.com (2019-06-02T20:03:54.971Z)
Multiple imports are already possible

```
import {inline} from "./inline.js";
import {nextInline} from "./nextInline.js";

const o = {
  a:1, b:2, c:3
};

const z = {f: 5};

// ...

export {o, cities, video, inline, nextInline};
```

Are you proposing multiple ```export```s

```
export {o, cities, video, inline, nextInline};
o.c = 7;
z.c = o.c;
export {z};
```

which is also currently possible?
guest271314 at gmail.com (2019-06-02T20:03:22.443Z)
Multiple imports are already possible

```
import {inline} from "./inline.js";
import {nextInline} from "./nextInline.js";

const o = {
  a:1, b:2, c:3
};

const z = {f: 5};

// ...

export {o, cities, video, inline, nextInline};
```

Are you proposing multiple ```export```s

```
o.c = 7;
z.c = o.c;
export {z};
```

which is also currently possible?
guest271314 at gmail.com (2019-06-02T19:58:50.273Z)
Multiple imports are already possible

```
import {inline} from "./inline.js";
import {nextInline} from "./nextInline.js";

const o = {
  a:1, b:2, c:3
};

// ...

export {o, cities, video, inline, nextInline};
```

Are you proposing multiple ```export```s, which is also already possible?

```
export {o, cities, video, inline, nextInline};
o.c = 7;
export {o};
```