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This provides a number of minor style adjustments and small corrections
to esm.md text.

Co-authored-by: Guy Bedford <guybedford@gmail.com>

PR-URL: #35414
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Guy Bedford <guybedford@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Derek Lewis <DerekNonGeneric@inf.is>
Reviewed-By: Geoffrey Booth <webmaster@geoffreybooth.com>
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* `text/javascript` for ES Modules
* `application/json` for JSON
* `application/wasm` for WASM.
* `application/wasm` for Wasm

`data:` URLs only resolve [_Bare specifiers_][Terminology] for builtin modules
and [_Absolute specifiers_][Terminology]. Resolving
[_Relative specifiers_][Terminology] will not work because `data:` is not a
[_Relative specifiers_][Terminology] does not work because `data:` is not a
[special scheme][]. For example, attempting to load `./foo`
from `data:text/javascript,import "./foo";` will fail to resolve since there
from `data:text/javascript,import "./foo";` fails to resolve because there
is no concept of relative resolution for `data:` URLs. An example of a `data:`
URLs being used is:

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})();
```
This function is asynchronous since the ES module resolver in Node.js is
This function is asynchronous because the ES module resolver in Node.js is
asynchronous. With the introduction of [Top-Level Await][], these use cases
will be easier as they won't require an async function wrapper.
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[URL](https://url.spec.whatwg.org/) semantics. This means that files containing
special characters such as `#` and `?` need to be escaped.
Modules will be loaded multiple times if the `import` specifier used to resolve
them have a different query or fragment.
Modules are loaded multiple times if the `import` specifier used to resolve
them has a different query or fragment.
```js
import './foo.mjs?query=1'; // loads ./foo.mjs with query of "?query=1"
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// true
```
The ECMAScript Module Namespace representation of a CommonJS module will always
be a namespace with a `default` export key pointing to the CommonJS
The ECMAScript Module Namespace representation of a CommonJS module is always
a namespace with a `default` export key pointing to the CommonJS
`module.exports` value.
This Module Namespace Exotic Object can be directly observed either when using
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// true
```
For better compatibility with existing usage in the JS ecosystem, Node.js will
in addition attempt to determine the CommonJS named exports of every imported
For better compatibility with existing usage in the JS ecosystem, Node.js
in addition attempts to determine the CommonJS named exports of every imported
CommonJS module to provide them as separate ES module exports using a static
analysis process.
For example, a CommonJS module written:
For example, consider a CommonJS module written:
```js
// cjs.cjs
exports.name = 'exported';
```
will support named imports in ES modules:
The preceding module supports named imports in ES modules:
<!-- eslint-disable no-duplicate-imports -->
```js
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Live binding updates or new exports added to `module.exports` are not detected
for these named exports.
The detection of named exports is based on common syntax patterns but will not
always correctly detect named exports, in these cases using the default
The detection of named exports is based on common syntax patterns but does not
always correctly detect named exports. In these cases, using the default
import form described above can be a better option.
Named exports detection covers many common export patterns, reexport patterns
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## Builtin modules
[Core modules][] will provide named exports of their public API. A
[Core modules][] provide named exports of their public API. A
default export is also provided which is the value of the CommonJS exports.
The default export can be used for, among other things, modifying the named
exports. Named exports of builtin modules are updated only by calling
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still being standardized, and are experimentally supported by including the
additional flag `--experimental-json-modules` when running Node.js.
When the `--experimental-json-modules` flag is included both the
`commonjs` and `module` mode will use the new experimental JSON
loader. The imported JSON only exposes a `default`, there is no
When the `--experimental-json-modules` flag is included, both the
`commonjs` and `module` mode use the new experimental JSON
loader. The imported JSON only exposes a `default`. There is no
support for named exports. A cache entry is created in the CommonJS
cache, to avoid duplication. The same object will be returned in
cache to avoid duplication. The same object is returned in
CommonJS if the JSON module has already been imported from the
same path.
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for looking up conditional mappings elsewhere or to modify the list when calling
the default resolution logic.
The current [package exports conditions][Conditional Exports] will always be in
The current [package exports conditions][Conditional Exports] are always in
the `context.conditions` array passed into the hook. To guarantee _default
Node.js module specifier resolution behavior_ when calling `defaultResolve`, the
`context.conditions` array passed to it _must_ include _all_ elements of the
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* The specific [`TypedArray`][] object is a [`Uint8Array`][].
Note: If the source value of a text-based format (i.e., `'json'`, `'module'`) is
not a string, it will be converted to a string using [`util.TextDecoder`][].
not a string, it is converted to a string using [`util.TextDecoder`][].
```js
/**
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* Returns: {string}
Sometimes it can be necessary to run some code inside of the same global scope
that the application will run in. This hook allows to return a string that will
be ran as sloppy-mode script on startup.
Sometimes it might be necessary to run some code inside of the same global scope
that the application runs in. This hook allows the return of a string that is
run as sloppy-mode script on startup.
Similar to how CommonJS wrappers work, the code runs in an implicit function
scope. The only argument is a `require`-like function that can be used to load
builtins like "fs": `getBuiltin(request: string)`.
If the code needs more advanced `require` features, it will have to construct
If the code needs more advanced `require` features, it has to construct
its own `require` using `module.createRequire()`.
```js
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console.log(VERSION);
```

With this loader, running:

```bash
node --experimental-loader ./https-loader.mjs ./main.mjs
```

Will print the current version of CoffeeScript per the module at the URL in
With the preceding loader, running
`node --experimental-loader ./https-loader.mjs ./main.mjs`
prints the current version of CoffeeScript per the module at the URL in
`main.mjs`.

#### Transpiler loader
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export scream = (str) -> str.toUpperCase()
```

With this loader, running:

```console
node --experimental-loader ./coffeescript-loader.mjs main.coffee
```

Will cause `main.coffee` to be turned into JavaScript after its source code is
With the preceding loader, running
`node --experimental-loader ./coffeescript-loader.mjs main.coffee`
causes `main.coffee` to be turned into JavaScript after its source code is
loaded from disk but before Node.js executes it; and so on for any `.coffee`,
`.litcoffee` or `.coffee.md` files referenced via `import` statements of any
loaded file.
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