From 556e55db72ff9879aa556327277c2de82487e50c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guy Bedford Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 14:01:02 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc: clarify require/import mutual exclusivity PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/33832 Reviewed-By: Jan Krems Reviewed-By: Geoffrey Booth --- doc/api/esm.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/api/esm.md b/doc/api/esm.md index 9252eaeed2306a..eca866e452b736 100644 --- a/doc/api/esm.md +++ b/doc/api/esm.md @@ -424,8 +424,10 @@ Node.js supports the following conditions: * `"import"` - matched when the package is loaded via `import` or `import()`. Can reference either an ES module or CommonJS file, as both `import` and `import()` can load either ES module or CommonJS sources. + _Always matched when the `"require"` condition is not matched._ * `"require"` - matched when the package is loaded via `require()`. As `require()` only supports CommonJS, the referenced file must be CommonJS. + _Always matched when the `"import"` condition is not matched._ * `"node"` - matched for any Node.js environment. Can be a CommonJS or ES module file. _This condition should always come after `"import"` or `"require"`._