What if instead of any sort of magic there was a special relative import a person could specify to get access to the this module?
``` import module from "@currentModule"; ``` - Matthew Robb On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 7:46 AM, Erik Arvidsson <erik.arvids...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon Jun 09 2014 at 12:25:42 AM, Domenic Denicola < > dome...@domenicdenicola.com> wrote: > >> If a magically in-scope binding is necessary to access module meta >> capabilities, giving it a name like `module` or `System.currentModule` >> would be much better. >> > `System.currentModule` requires magic. It would require the engine to know > where the call site was. > > We also talked about adding a binding, like NodeJS does but @David Herman > <dher...@mozilla.com> argued that thaw is a non starter. > > So, if we don't want to use `this` or introduce a new binding name, or add > more magic, the only thing left seems to be new dedicated syntax. In ES4 we > `this function` which is similar to what @Axel Rauschmayer > <a...@rauschma.de> suggested. > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > es-discuss@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > >
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