module: deprecate trailing slash pattern mappings #40039

guybedford · 2021-09-08T18:41:49Z

This PR deprecates the ability for pattern mappings to be able to resolve import specifiers ending in / like import('pkg/subpath/'), with a new deprecation warning and message.

The primary motivation here is that the import maps specification does not support trailing / mappings resolving.

For example:

<!doctype html>
<script type="importmap">
{
  "imports": {
    "pkg/subpath/": "/pkg/index.js"
  }
}
</script>
<script type="module">
import 'pkg/subpath/';
</script>

will give the browser console error:

Ignored an import map value of "pkg/subpath/": Since specifierKey ended in a slash, so must the address: /pkg/index.js

See WICG/import-maps#244 for more background here.

Since we deprecated folder subpaths, there are no common patterns of trailing / usage yet. It is only with the introduction of pattern trailers in #39635 that it is now easy to define maps like:

{
  "exports": {
    "./*/": "./*/index.js"
  }
}

to support import('pkg/asdf/') resolving to pkg/asdf/index.js for any name.

The risk is that users start defining packages like this and then these packages will never be supportable in import maps environments. By deprecating this now we can avoid this outcome.

guybedford · 2021-09-08T18:42:15Z

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ljharb · 2021-09-08T21:51:54Z

What about core modules? It's a very common pattern to require, eg fs/ to indicate that the user wants node_modules/fs and not the core fs module.

… or does this only apply to exports?

What about wanting to disambiguate foo.js from foo/index.js, and wanting the user to do $pkg/foo vs $pkg/foo/?

guybedford · 2021-09-08T21:54:52Z

@ljharb now that we have node:fs I think that's the better pattern for distinction going forward.

And yes, disambiguation of pkg/foo versus pkg/foo/ in the import maps specification not being possible is exactly the issue here.

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ljharb · 2021-09-08T22:28:03Z

@guybedford for a core module, yes, i can use node: as a prefix, but i'd still need fs/ to be able to get at node_modules/fs - the prefix doesn't change that.

And yes, disambiguation of pkg/foo versus pkg/foo/ in the import maps specification not being possible is exactly the issue here.

Why are we reducing the usefulness of node because an entirely different specification - one node doesn't even follow - lacks functionality?

aduh95 · 2021-09-08T22:51:35Z

To be clear, you mean being able to do something like that, correct?

{
  "imports": {
    "#fs": "fs/"
  }
}

And import '#fs' would load node_modules/fs package. But I don't think this PR forbids that, does it?

guybedford · 2021-09-09T00:54:12Z

Note that import 'fs/' resolving node_modules/fs/index.js is deprecated due to folder mappings.

So this is just fs/subpath/ use cases.

Why are we reducing the usefulness of node because an entirely different specification - one node doesn't even follow - lacks functionality?

So this PR only reduces the functionality of a feature landed two days ago with pattern trailers.

nodejs-github-bot · 2021-09-09T00:58:01Z

CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-pull-request/39873/

ljharb · 2021-09-09T06:01:04Z

By deprecated, you mean in ESM, or in CJS?

Either way, if I have a folder in node_modules/fs with a package.json with an "exports" with a dot in it, how do you propose i both require and import it?

In CJS, require('fs/') would be the answer; you seem to be suggesting that in ESM there's no non-deprecated answer. That seems like a problem.

guybedford · 2021-09-12T20:39:02Z

By deprecated, you mean in ESM, or in CJS?

We deprecated it specifically for ESM per the folder mappings deprecation PR.

Yes, ESM does deprecate the ability to load npm packages with the same names as core modules, but this is completely off topic at this point for this PR - I'd suggest opening another issue to discuss that.

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guybedford · 2021-09-15T06:59:37Z

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