Add support for modules that redefine module.exports - #8
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…with node libraries.
For example, if the module does:
module.exports = function () {...}
Then the client code can do:
require('foo')(args)
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Add support for modules that redefine module.exports which is common with node libraries.
For example, if the module does:
Then the client code can do:
For example, here's a UUID library that uses this idiom: https://github.com/broofa/node-uuid
I believe pull request 6 is trying to achieve the same effect, but it breaks compatibility with CommonJS Modules/1.1 as the
moduleobject doesn't have theurloridproperties.This patch maintains compatibility with Modules/1.1, although it still breaks the requirement that "modules must use the "exports" object as the only means of exporting." (emphasis added).