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docs, test: clarify how to hook a module sub-path using .cjs extension #89

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@trentm trentm commented May 7, 2024

Refs: #88 (comment)

Repeating part of that comment above:

However Node's require() doesn't treat .cjs the same way it does .js. https://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#file-modules says:

If the exact filename is not found, then Node.js will attempt to load the required filename with the added extensions: .js, .json, and finally .node. When loading a file that has a different extension (e.g. .cjs), its full name must be passed to require(), including its file extension (e.g. require('./file.cjs')).

I think RITM should follow the same pattern and NOT normalize-away .cjs.

@trentm trentm changed the title docs, test: clarify how to hook an module sub-path using .cjs extension docs, test: clarify how to hook a module sub-path using .cjs extension May 7, 2024
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// E.g., a Hook arg of `cjs-sub-module/foo` will **not** hook
// `./node_modules/cjs-sub-module/foo.cjs`. This is different compared to `.js`
// file extension usage. The difference is that Node.js's `require()` treats
// `.js` and `.cjs` differently.
// See https://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#file-modules
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I understand the reasoning, but it would make instrumenting modules very complicated. The end user API of require-in-the-middle is that the export of whatever targeted module is provided to the hook function. The (package.json).exports map complicates this as it can resolve the same export name to multiple extensions. In my view, the hook function shouldn't need to know about that detail. It should just receive the right thing.

the `modules` entry. E.g. `@langchain/core/dist/callbacks/manager.cjs` is
required to hook
`.../node_modules/@langchain/core/dist/callbacks/manager.cjs`.
This is because []`.cjs` is not handled specially by `require()` the way
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This is because []`.cjs` is not handled specially by `require()` the way
This is because [`.cjs` is not handled specially by `require()` the way

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