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doc: add note regarding unfinished TLA #41434

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28 changes: 23 additions & 5 deletions doc/api/esm.md
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## Top-level `await`

<!--
added: v14.8.0
-->

> Stability: 1 - Experimental

The `await` keyword may be used in the top level (outside of async functions)
within modules as per the [ECMAScript Top-Level `await` proposal][].
The `await` keyword may be used in the top level body of an ECMAScript module.

Assuming an `a.mjs` with

<!-- eslint-skip -->

```js
export const five = await Promise.resolve(5);
```
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node b.mjs # works
```

If a top level `await` expression never resolves, the `node` process will exit
with a `13` [status code][].

```js
import { spawn } from 'child_process';
import { execPath } from 'process';

spawn(execPath, [
'--input-type=module',
'--eval',
// Never-resolving Promise:
'await new Promise(() => {})',
]).once('exit', (code) => {
console.log(code); // Logs `13`
});
```

<i id="esm_experimental_loaders"></i>

## Loaders
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[Conditional exports]: packages.md#conditional-exports
[Core modules]: modules.md#core-modules
[Dynamic `import()`]: https://wiki.developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/import#Dynamic_Imports
[ECMAScript Top-Level `await` proposal]: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-top-level-await/
[ES Module Integration Proposal for WebAssembly]: https://github.com/webassembly/esm-integration
[Import Assertions]: #import-assertions
[Import Assertions proposal]: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-import-assertions
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[percent-encoded]: url.md#percent-encoding-in-urls
[resolve hook]: #resolvespecifier-context-defaultresolve
[special scheme]: https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#special-scheme
[status code]: process.md#exit-codes
[the official standard format]: https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#sec-modules
[url.pathToFileURL]: url.md#urlpathtofileurlpath