16 ECMAScript Language: Scripts and Modules

16.1 Scripts

Syntax

Script : ScriptBodyopt ScriptBody : StatementList[~Yield, ~Await, ~Return]

16.1.1 Static Semantics: Early Errors

Script : ScriptBody ScriptBody : StatementList

16.1.2 Static Semantics: IsStrict

The syntax-directed operation IsStrict takes no arguments and returns a Boolean. It is defined piecewise over the following productions:

Script : ScriptBodyopt
  1. If ScriptBody is present and the Directive Prologue of ScriptBody contains a Use Strict Directive, return true; otherwise, return false.

16.1.3 Runtime Semantics: Evaluation

Script : [empty]
  1. Return undefined.

16.1.4 Script Records

A Script Record encapsulates information about a script being evaluated. Each script record contains the fields listed in Table 39.

Table 39: Script Record Fields
Field Name Value Type Meaning
[[Realm]] a Realm Record or undefined The realm within which this script was created. undefined if not yet assigned.
[[ECMAScriptCode]] a Script Parse Node The result of parsing the source text of this script.
[[LoadedModules]] a List of Records with fields [[Specifier]] (a String) and [[Module]] (a Module Record) A map from the specifier strings imported by this script to the resolved Module Record. The list does not contain two different Records with the same [[Specifier]].
[[HostDefined]] anything (default value is empty) Field reserved for use by host environments that need to associate additional information with a script.

16.1.5 ParseScript ( sourceText, realm, hostDefined )

The abstract operation ParseScript takes arguments sourceText (ECMAScript source text), realm (a Realm Record or undefined), and hostDefined (anything) and returns a Script Record or a non-empty List of SyntaxError objects. It creates a Script Record based upon the result of parsing sourceText as a Script. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. Let script be ParseText(sourceText, Script).
  2. If script is a List of errors, return script.
  3. Return Script Record { [[Realm]]: realm, [[ECMAScriptCode]]: script, [[LoadedModules]]: « », [[HostDefined]]: hostDefined }.
 Note

An implementation may parse script source text and analyse it for Early Error conditions prior to evaluation of ParseScript for that script source text. However, the reporting of any errors must be deferred until the point where this specification actually performs ParseScript upon that source text.

16.1.6 ScriptEvaluation ( scriptRecord )

The abstract operation ScriptEvaluation takes argument scriptRecord (a Script Record) and returns either a normal completion containing an ECMAScript language value or an abrupt completion. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. Let globalEnv be scriptRecord.[[Realm]].[[GlobalEnv]].
  2. Let scriptContext be a new ECMAScript code execution context.
  3. Set the Function of scriptContext to null.
  4. Set the Realm of scriptContext to scriptRecord.[[Realm]].
  5. Set the ScriptOrModule of scriptContext to scriptRecord.
  6. Set the VariableEnvironment of scriptContext to globalEnv.
  7. Set the LexicalEnvironment of scriptContext to globalEnv.
  8. Set the PrivateEnvironment of scriptContext to null.
  9. Suspend the running execution context.
  10. Push scriptContext onto the execution context stack; scriptContext is now the running execution context.
  11. Let script be scriptRecord.[[ECMAScriptCode]].
  12. Let result be Completion(GlobalDeclarationInstantiation(script, globalEnv)).
  13. If result.[[Type]] is normal, then
    1. Set result to Completion(Evaluation of script).
    2. If result.[[Type]] is normal and result.[[Value]] is empty, then
      1. Set result to NormalCompletion(undefined).
  14. Suspend scriptContext and remove it from the execution context stack.
  15. Assert: The execution context stack is not empty.
  16. Resume the context that is now on the top of the execution context stack as the running execution context.
  17. Return ? result.

16.1.7 GlobalDeclarationInstantiation ( script, env )

The abstract operation GlobalDeclarationInstantiation takes arguments script (a Script Parse Node) and env (a Global Environment Record) and returns either a normal completion containing unused or a throw completion. script is the Script for which the execution context is being established. env is the global environment in which bindings are to be created.

Note 1

When an execution context is established for evaluating scripts, declarations are instantiated in the current global environment. Each global binding declared in the code is instantiated.

It performs the following steps when called:

  1. Let lexNames be the LexicallyDeclaredNames of script.
  2. Let varNames be the VarDeclaredNames of script.
  3. For each element name of lexNames, do
    1. If env.HasVarDeclaration(name) is true, throw a SyntaxError exception.
    2. If env.HasLexicalDeclaration(name) is true, throw a SyntaxError exception.
    3. Let hasRestrictedGlobal be ? env.HasRestrictedGlobalProperty(name).
    4. If hasRestrictedGlobal is true, throw a SyntaxError exception.
  4. For each element name of varNames, do
    1. If env.HasLexicalDeclaration(name) is true, throw a SyntaxError exception.
  5. Let varDeclarations be the VarScopedDeclarations of script.
  6. Let functionsToInitialize be a new empty List.
  7. Let declaredFunctionNames be a new empty List.
  8. For each element d of varDeclarations, in reverse List order, do
    1. If d is not either a VariableDeclaration, a ForBinding, or a BindingIdentifier, then
      1. Assert: d is either a FunctionDeclaration, a GeneratorDeclaration, an AsyncFunctionDeclaration, or an AsyncGeneratorDeclaration.
      2. NOTE: If there are multiple function declarations for the same name, the last declaration is used.
      3. Let fn be the sole element of the BoundNames of d.
      4. If declaredFunctionNames does not contain fn, then
        1. Let fnDefinable be ? env.CanDeclareGlobalFunction(fn).
        2. If fnDefinable is false, throw a TypeError exception.
        3. Append fn to declaredFunctionNames.
        4. Insert d as the first element of functionsToInitialize.
  9. Let declaredVarNames be a new empty List.
  10. For each element d of varDeclarations, do
    1. If d is either a VariableDeclaration, a ForBinding, or a BindingIdentifier, then
      1. For each String vn of the BoundNames of d, do
        1. If declaredFunctionNames does not contain vn, then
          1. Let vnDefinable be ? env.CanDeclareGlobalVar(vn).
          2. If vnDefinable is false, throw a TypeError exception.
          3. If declaredVarNames does not contain vn, then
            1. Append vn to declaredVarNames.
  11. NOTE: No abnormal terminations occur after this algorithm step if the global object is an ordinary object. However, if the global object is a Proxy exotic object it may exhibit behaviours that cause abnormal terminations in some of the following steps.
  12. NOTE: Annex B.3.2.2 adds additional steps at this point.
  13. Let lexDeclarations be the LexicallyScopedDeclarations of script.
  14. Let privateEnv be null.
  15. For each element d of lexDeclarations, do
    1. NOTE: Lexically declared names are only instantiated here but not initialized.
    2. For each element dn of the BoundNames of d, do
      1. If IsConstantDeclaration of d is true, then
        1. Perform ? env.CreateImmutableBinding(dn, true).
      2. Else,
        1. Perform ? env.CreateMutableBinding(dn, false).
  16. For each Parse Node f of functionsToInitialize, do
    1. Let fn be the sole element of the BoundNames of f.
    2. Let fo be InstantiateFunctionObject of f with arguments env and privateEnv.
    3. Perform ? env.CreateGlobalFunctionBinding(fn, fo, false).
  17. For each String vn of declaredVarNames, do
    1. Perform ? env.CreateGlobalVarBinding(vn, false).
  18. Return unused.
 Note 2

Early errors specified in 16.1.1 prevent name conflicts between function/var declarations and let/const/class declarations as well as redeclaration of let/const/class bindings for declaration contained within a single Script. However, such conflicts and redeclarations that span more than one Script are detected as runtime errors during GlobalDeclarationInstantiation. If any such errors are detected, no bindings are instantiated for the script. However, if the global object is defined using Proxy exotic objects then the runtime tests for conflicting declarations may be unreliable resulting in an abrupt completion and some global declarations not being instantiated. If this occurs, the code for the Script is not evaluated.

Unlike explicit var or function declarations, properties that are directly created on the global object result in global bindings that may be shadowed by let/const/class declarations.

16.2 Modules

Syntax

Module : ModuleBodyopt ModuleBody : ModuleItemList ModuleItemList : ModuleItem ModuleItemList ModuleItem ModuleItem : ImportDeclaration ExportDeclaration StatementListItem[~Yield, +Await, ~Return] ModuleExportName : IdentifierName StringLiteral

16.2.1 Module Semantics

16.2.1.1 Static Semantics: Early Errors

ModuleBody : ModuleItemList Note

The duplicate ExportedNames rule implies that multiple export default ExportDeclaration items within a ModuleBody is a Syntax Error. Additional error conditions relating to conflicting or duplicate declarations are checked during module linking prior to evaluation of a Module. If any such errors are detected the Module is not evaluated.

 ModuleExportName : StringLiteral

16.2.1.2 Static Semantics: ImportedLocalNames ( importEntries )

The abstract operation ImportedLocalNames takes argument importEntries (a List of ImportEntry Records) and returns a List of Strings. It creates a List of all of the local name bindings defined by importEntries. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. Let localNames be a new empty List.
  2. For each ImportEntry Record i of importEntries, do
    1. Append i.[[LocalName]] to localNames.
  3. Return localNames.

16.2.1.3 Static Semantics: ModuleRequests

The syntax-directed operation ModuleRequests takes no arguments and returns a List of Strings. It is defined piecewise over the following productions:

Module : [empty]
  1. Return a new empty List.
 ModuleItemList : ModuleItem
  1. Return ModuleRequests of ModuleItem.
 ModuleItemList : ModuleItemList ModuleItem
  1. Let moduleNames be ModuleRequests of ModuleItemList.
  2. Let additionalNames be ModuleRequests of ModuleItem.
  3. For each String name of additionalNames, do
    1. If moduleNames does not contain name, then
      1. Append name to moduleNames.
  4. Return moduleNames.
 ModuleItem : StatementListItem
  1. Return a new empty List.
 ImportDeclaration : import ImportClause FromClause ;
  1. Return ModuleRequests of FromClause.
 ModuleSpecifier : StringLiteral
  1. Return a List whose sole element is the SV of StringLiteral.
 ExportDeclaration : export ExportFromClause FromClause ;
  1. Return the ModuleRequests of FromClause.
 ExportDeclaration : export NamedExports ; export VariableStatement export Declaration export default HoistableDeclaration export default ClassDeclaration export default AssignmentExpression ;
  1. Return a new empty List.

16.2.1.4 Abstract Module Records

A Module Record encapsulates structural information about the imports and exports of a single module. This information is used to link the imports and exports of sets of connected modules. A Module Record includes four fields that are only used when evaluating a module.

For specification purposes Module Record values are values of the Record specification type and can be thought of as existing in a simple object-oriented hierarchy where Module Record is an abstract class with both abstract and concrete subclasses. This specification defines the abstract subclass named Cyclic Module Record and its concrete subclass named Source Text Module Record. Other specifications and implementations may define additional Module Record subclasses corresponding to alternative module definition facilities that they defined.

Module Record defines the fields listed in Table 40. All Module Definition subclasses include at least those fields. Module Record also defines the abstract method list in Table 41. All Module definition subclasses must provide concrete implementations of these abstract methods.

Table 40: Module Record Fields
Field Name Value Type Meaning
[[Realm]] a Realm Record The Realm within which this module was created.
[[Environment]] a Module Environment Record or empty The Environment Record containing the top level bindings for this module. This field is set when the module is linked.
[[Namespace]] an Object or empty The Module Namespace Object (28.3) if one has been created for this module.
[[HostDefined]] anything (default value is undefined) Field reserved for use by host environments that need to associate additional information with a module.
Table 41: Abstract Methods of Module Records
Method Purpose
LoadRequestedModules( [ hostDefined ] )

Prepares the module for linking by recursively loading all its dependencies, and returns a promise.
GetExportedNames([exportStarSet])

Return a list of all names that are either directly or indirectly exported from this module.

LoadRequestedModules must have completed successfully prior to invoking this method.
ResolveExport(exportName [, resolveSet])

Return the binding of a name exported by this module. Bindings are represented by a ResolvedBinding Record, of the form { [[Module]]: Module Record, [[BindingName]]: String | namespace }. If the export is a Module Namespace Object without a direct binding in any module, [[BindingName]] will be set to namespace. Return null if the name cannot be resolved, or ambiguous if multiple bindings were found.

Each time this operation is called with a specific exportName, resolveSet pair as arguments it must return the same result.

LoadRequestedModules must have completed successfully prior to invoking this method.
Link()

Prepare the module for evaluation by transitively resolving all module dependencies and creating a Module Environment Record.

LoadRequestedModules must have completed successfully prior to invoking this method.
Evaluate()

Returns a promise for the evaluation of this module and its dependencies, resolving on successful evaluation or if it has already been evaluated successfully, and rejecting for an evaluation error or if it has already been evaluated unsuccessfully. If the promise is rejected, hosts are expected to handle the promise rejection and rethrow the evaluation error.

Link must have completed successfully prior to invoking this method.

16.2.1.5 Cyclic Module Records

A Cyclic Module Record is used to represent information about a module that can participate in dependency cycles with other modules that are subclasses of the Cyclic Module Record type. Module Records that are not subclasses of the Cyclic Module Record type must not participate in dependency cycles with Source Text Module Records.

In addition to the fields defined in Table 40 Cyclic Module Records have the additional fields listed in Table 42

Table 42: Additional Fields of Cyclic Module Records
Field Name Value Type Meaning
[[Status]] new, unlinked, linking, linked, evaluating, evaluating-async, or evaluated Initially new. Transitions to unlinked, linking, linked, evaluating, possibly evaluating-async, evaluated (in that order) as the module progresses throughout its lifecycle. evaluating-async indicates this module is queued to execute on completion of its asynchronous dependencies or it is a module whose [[HasTLA]] field is true that has been executed and is pending top-level completion.
[[EvaluationError]] a throw completion or empty A throw completion representing the exception that occurred during evaluation. undefined if no exception occurred or if [[Status]] is not evaluated.
[[DFSIndex]] an integer or empty Auxiliary field used during Link and Evaluate only. If [[Status]] is either linking or evaluating, this non-negative number records the point at which the module was first visited during the depth-first traversal of the dependency graph.
[[DFSAncestorIndex]] an integer or empty Auxiliary field used during Link and Evaluate only. If [[Status]] is either linking or evaluating, this is either the module's own [[DFSIndex]] or that of an "earlier" module in the same strongly connected component.
[[RequestedModules]] a List of Strings A List of all the ModuleSpecifier strings used by the module represented by this record to request the importation of a module. The List is in source text occurrence order.
[[LoadedModules]] a List of Records with fields [[Specifier]] (a String) and [[Module]] (a Module Record) A map from the specifier strings used by the module represented by this record to request the importation of a module to the resolved Module Record. The list does not contain two different Records with the same [[Specifier]].
[[CycleRoot]] a Cyclic Module Record or empty The first visited module of the cycle, the root DFS ancestor of the strongly connected component. For a module not in a cycle, this would be the module itself. Once Evaluate has completed, a module's [[DFSAncestorIndex]] is the [[DFSIndex]] of its [[CycleRoot]].
[[HasTLA]] a Boolean Whether this module is individually asynchronous (for example, if it's a Source Text Module Record containing a top-level await). Having an asynchronous dependency does not mean this field is true. This field must not change after the module is parsed.
[[AsyncEvaluation]] a Boolean Whether this module is either itself asynchronous or has an asynchronous dependency. Note: The order in which this field is set is used to order queued executions, see 16.2.1.5.3.4.
[[TopLevelCapability]] a PromiseCapability Record or empty If this module is the [[CycleRoot]] of some cycle, and Evaluate() was called on some module in that cycle, this field contains the PromiseCapability Record for that entire evaluation. It is used to settle the Promise object that is returned from the Evaluate() abstract method. This field will be empty for any dependencies of that module, unless a top-level Evaluate() has been initiated for some of those dependencies.
[[AsyncParentModules]] a List of Cyclic Module Records If this module or a dependency has [[HasTLA]] true, and execution is in progress, this tracks the parent importers of this module for the top-level execution job. These parent modules will not start executing before this module has successfully completed execution.
[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] an integer or empty If this module has any asynchronous dependencies, this tracks the number of asynchronous dependency modules remaining to execute for this module. A module with asynchronous dependencies will be executed when this field reaches 0 and there are no execution errors.

In addition to the methods defined in Table 41 Cyclic Module Records have the additional methods listed in Table 43

Table 43: Additional Abstract Methods of Cyclic Module Records
Method Purpose
InitializeEnvironment() Initialize the Environment Record of the module, including resolving all imported bindings, and create the module's execution context.
ExecuteModule( [ promiseCapability ] ) Evaluate the module's code within its execution context. If this module has true in [[HasTLA]], then a PromiseCapability Record is passed as an argument, and the method is expected to resolve or reject the given capability. In this case, the method must not throw an exception, but instead reject the PromiseCapability Record if necessary.

A GraphLoadingState Record is a Record that contains information about the loading process of a module graph. It's used to continue loading after a call to HostLoadImportedModule. Each GraphLoadingState Record has the fields defined in Table 44:

Table 44: GraphLoadingState Record Fields
Field Name Value Type Meaning
[[PromiseCapability]] a PromiseCapability Record The promise to resolve when the loading process finishes.
[[IsLoading]] a Boolean It is true if the loading process has not finished yet, neither successfully nor with an error.
[[PendingModulesCount]] a non-negative integer It tracks the number of pending HostLoadImportedModule calls.
[[Visited]] a List of Cyclic Module Records It is a list of the Cyclic Module Records that have been already loaded by the current loading process, to avoid infinite loops with circular dependencies.
[[HostDefined]] anything (default value is empty) It contains host-defined data to pass from the LoadRequestedModules caller to HostLoadImportedModule.

16.2.1.5.1 LoadRequestedModules ( [ hostDefined ] )

The LoadRequestedModules concrete method of a Cyclic Module Record module takes optional argument hostDefined (anything) and returns a Promise. It populates the [[LoadedModules]] of all the Module Records in the dependency graph of module (most of the work is done by the auxiliary function InnerModuleLoading). It takes an optional hostDefined parameter that is passed to the HostLoadImportedModule hook. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. If hostDefined is not present, let hostDefined be empty.
  2. Let pc be ! NewPromiseCapability(%Promise%).
  3. Let state be the GraphLoadingState Record { [[IsLoading]]: true, [[PendingModulesCount]]: 1, [[Visited]]: « », [[PromiseCapability]]: pc, [[HostDefined]]: hostDefined }.
  4. Perform InnerModuleLoading(state, module).
  5. Return pc.[[Promise]].
 Note
The hostDefined parameter can be used to pass additional information necessary to fetch the imported modules. It is used, for example, by HTML to set the correct fetch destination for <link rel="preload" as="..."> tags. import() expressions never set the hostDefined parameter.

16.2.1.5.1.1 InnerModuleLoading ( state, module )

The abstract operation InnerModuleLoading takes arguments state (a GraphLoadingState Record) and module (a Module Record) and returns unused. It is used by LoadRequestedModules to recursively perform the actual loading process for module's dependency graph. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. Assert: state.[[IsLoading]] is true.
  2. If module is a Cyclic Module Record, module.[[Status]] is new, and state.[[Visited]] does not contain module, then
    1. Append module to state.[[Visited]].
    2. Let requestedModulesCount be the number of elements in module.[[RequestedModules]].
    3. Set state.[[PendingModulesCount]] to state.[[PendingModulesCount]] + requestedModulesCount.
    4. For each String required of module.[[RequestedModules]], do
      1. If module.[[LoadedModules]] contains a Record whose [[Specifier]] is required, then
        1. Let record be that Record.
        2. Perform InnerModuleLoading(state, record.[[Module]]).
      2. Else,
        1. Perform HostLoadImportedModule(module, required, state.[[HostDefined]], state).
        2. NOTE: HostLoadImportedModule will call FinishLoadingImportedModule, which re-enters the graph loading process through ContinueModuleLoading.
      3. If state.[[IsLoading]] is false, return unused.
  3. Assert: state.[[PendingModulesCount]] ≥ 1.
  4. Set state.[[PendingModulesCount]] to state.[[PendingModulesCount]] - 1.
  5. If state.[[PendingModulesCount]] = 0, then
    1. Set state.[[IsLoading]] to false.
    2. For each Cyclic Module Record loaded of state.[[Visited]], do
      1. If loaded.[[Status]] is new, set loaded.[[Status]] to unlinked.
    3. Perform ! Call(state.[[PromiseCapability]].[[Resolve]], undefined, « undefined »).
  6. Return unused.

16.2.1.5.1.2 ContinueModuleLoading ( state, moduleCompletion )

The abstract operation ContinueModuleLoading takes arguments state (a GraphLoadingState Record) and moduleCompletion (either a normal completion containing a Module Record or a throw completion) and returns unused. It is used to re-enter the loading process after a call to HostLoadImportedModule. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. If state.[[IsLoading]] is false, return unused.
  2. If moduleCompletion is a normal completion, then
    1. Perform InnerModuleLoading(state, moduleCompletion.[[Value]]).
  3. Else,
    1. Set state.[[IsLoading]] to false.
    2. Perform ! Call(state.[[PromiseCapability]].[[Reject]], undefined, « moduleCompletion.[[Value]] »).
  4. Return unused.

16.2.1.5.2 Link ( )

The Link concrete method of a Cyclic Module Record module takes no arguments and returns either a normal completion containing unused or a throw completion. On success, Link transitions this module's [[Status]] from unlinked to linked. On failure, an exception is thrown and this module's [[Status]] remains unlinked. (Most of the work is done by the auxiliary function InnerModuleLinking.) It performs the following steps when called:

  1. Assert: module.[[Status]] is one of unlinked, linked, evaluating-async, or evaluated.
  2. Let stack be a new empty List.
  3. Let result be Completion(InnerModuleLinking(module, stack, 0)).
  4. If result is an abrupt completion, then
    1. For each Cyclic Module Record m of stack, do
      1. Assert: m.[[Status]] is linking.
      2. Set m.[[Status]] to unlinked.
    2. Assert: module.[[Status]] is unlinked.
    3. Return ? result.
  5. Assert: module.[[Status]] is one of linked, evaluating-async, or evaluated.
  6. Assert: stack is empty.
  7. Return unused.

16.2.1.5.2.1 InnerModuleLinking ( module, stack, index )

The abstract operation InnerModuleLinking takes arguments module (a Module Record), stack (a List of Cyclic Module Records), and index (a non-negative integer) and returns either a normal completion containing a non-negative integer or a throw completion. It is used by Link to perform the actual linking process for module, as well as recursively on all other modules in the dependency graph. The stack and index parameters, as well as a module's [[DFSIndex]] and [[DFSAncestorIndex]] fields, keep track of the depth-first search (DFS) traversal. In particular, [[DFSAncestorIndex]] is used to discover strongly connected components (SCCs), such that all modules in an SCC transition to linked together. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. If module is not a Cyclic Module Record, then
    1. Perform ? module.Link().
    2. Return index.
  2. If module.[[Status]] is one of linking, linked, evaluating-async, or evaluated, then
    1. Return index.
  3. Assert: module.[[Status]] is unlinked.
  4. Set module.[[Status]] to linking.
  5. Set module.[[DFSIndex]] to index.
  6. Set module.[[DFSAncestorIndex]] to index.
  7. Set index to index + 1.
  8. Append module to stack.
  9. For each String required of module.[[RequestedModules]], do
    1. Let requiredModule be GetImportedModule(module, required).
    2. Set index to ? InnerModuleLinking(requiredModule, stack, index).
    3. If requiredModule is a Cyclic Module Record, then
      1. Assert: requiredModule.[[Status]] is one of linking, linked, evaluating-async, or evaluated.
      2. Assert: requiredModule.[[Status]] is linking if and only if stack contains requiredModule.
      3. If requiredModule.[[Status]] is linking, then
        1. Set module.[[DFSAncestorIndex]] to min(module.[[DFSAncestorIndex]], requiredModule.[[DFSAncestorIndex]]).
  10. Perform ? module.InitializeEnvironment().
  11. Assert: module occurs exactly once in stack.
  12. Assert: module.[[DFSAncestorIndex]] ≤ module.[[DFSIndex]].
  13. If module.[[DFSAncestorIndex]] = module.[[DFSIndex]], then
    1. Let done be false.
    2. Repeat, while done is false,
      1. Let requiredModule be the last element of stack.
      2. Remove the last element of stack.
      3. Assert: requiredModule is a Cyclic Module Record.
      4. Set requiredModule.[[Status]] to linked.
      5. If requiredModule and module are the same Module Record, set done to true.
  14. Return index.

16.2.1.5.3 Evaluate ( )

The Evaluate concrete method of a Cyclic Module Record module takes no arguments and returns a Promise. Evaluate transitions this module's [[Status]] from linked to either evaluating-async or evaluated. The first time it is called on a module in a given strongly connected component, Evaluate creates and returns a Promise which resolves when the module has finished evaluating. This Promise is stored in the [[TopLevelCapability]] field of the [[CycleRoot]] for the component. Future invocations of Evaluate on any module in the component return the same Promise. (Most of the work is done by the auxiliary function InnerModuleEvaluation.) It performs the following steps when called:

  1. Assert: This call to Evaluate is not happening at the same time as another call to Evaluate within the surrounding agent.
  2. Assert: module.[[Status]] is one of linked, evaluating-async, or evaluated.
  3. If module.[[Status]] is either evaluating-async or evaluated, set module to module.[[CycleRoot]].
  4. If module.[[TopLevelCapability]] is not empty, then
    1. Return module.[[TopLevelCapability]].[[Promise]].
  5. Let stack be a new empty List.
  6. Let capability be ! NewPromiseCapability(%Promise%).
  7. Set module.[[TopLevelCapability]] to capability.
  8. Let result be Completion(InnerModuleEvaluation(module, stack, 0)).
  9. If result is an abrupt completion, then
    1. For each Cyclic Module Record m of stack, do
      1. Assert: m.[[Status]] is evaluating.
      2. Set m.[[Status]] to evaluated.
      3. Set m.[[EvaluationError]] to result.
    2. Assert: module.[[Status]] is evaluated.
    3. Assert: module.[[EvaluationError]] is result.
    4. Perform ! Call(capability.[[Reject]], undefined, « result.[[Value]] »).
  10. Else,
    1. Assert: module.[[Status]] is either evaluating-async or evaluated.
    2. Assert: module.[[EvaluationError]] is empty.
    3. If module.[[AsyncEvaluation]] is false, then
      1. Assert: module.[[Status]] is evaluated.
      2. Perform ! Call(capability.[[Resolve]], undefined, « undefined »).
    4. Assert: stack is empty.
  11. Return capability.[[Promise]].

16.2.1.5.3.1 InnerModuleEvaluation ( module, stack, index )

The abstract operation InnerModuleEvaluation takes arguments module (a Module Record), stack (a List of Cyclic Module Records), and index (a non-negative integer) and returns either a normal completion containing a non-negative integer or a throw completion. It is used by Evaluate to perform the actual evaluation process for module, as well as recursively on all other modules in the dependency graph. The stack and index parameters, as well as module's [[DFSIndex]] and [[DFSAncestorIndex]] fields, are used the same way as in InnerModuleLinking. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. If module is not a Cyclic Module Record, then
    1. Let promise be ! module.Evaluate().
    2. Assert: promise.[[PromiseState]] is not pending.
    3. If promise.[[PromiseState]] is rejected, then
      1. Return ThrowCompletion(promise.[[PromiseResult]]).
    4. Return index.
  2. If module.[[Status]] is either evaluating-async or evaluated, then
    1. If module.[[EvaluationError]] is empty, return index.
    2. Otherwise, return ? module.[[EvaluationError]].
  3. If module.[[Status]] is evaluating, return index.
  4. Assert: module.[[Status]] is linked.
  5. Set module.[[Status]] to evaluating.
  6. Set module.[[DFSIndex]] to index.
  7. Set module.[[DFSAncestorIndex]] to index.
  8. Set module.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] to 0.
  9. Set index to index + 1.
  10. Append module to stack.
  11. For each String required of module.[[RequestedModules]], do
    1. Let requiredModule be GetImportedModule(module, required).
    2. Set index to ? InnerModuleEvaluation(requiredModule, stack, index).
    3. If requiredModule is a Cyclic Module Record, then
      1. Assert: requiredModule.[[Status]] is one of evaluating, evaluating-async, or evaluated.
      2. Assert: requiredModule.[[Status]] is evaluating if and only if stack contains requiredModule.
      3. If requiredModule.[[Status]] is evaluating, then
        1. Set module.[[DFSAncestorIndex]] to min(module.[[DFSAncestorIndex]], requiredModule.[[DFSAncestorIndex]]).
      4. Else,
        1. Set requiredModule to requiredModule.[[CycleRoot]].
        2. Assert: requiredModule.[[Status]] is either evaluating-async or evaluated.
        3. If requiredModule.[[EvaluationError]] is not empty, return ? requiredModule.[[EvaluationError]].
      5. If requiredModule.[[AsyncEvaluation]] is true, then
        1. Set module.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] to module.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] + 1.
        2. Append module to requiredModule.[[AsyncParentModules]].
  12. If module.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] > 0 or module.[[HasTLA]] is true, then
    1. Assert: module.[[AsyncEvaluation]] is false and was never previously set to true.
    2. Set module.[[AsyncEvaluation]] to true.
    3. NOTE: The order in which module records have their [[AsyncEvaluation]] fields transition to true is significant. (See 16.2.1.5.3.4.)
    4. If module.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] = 0, perform ExecuteAsyncModule(module).
  13. Otherwise, perform ? module.ExecuteModule().
  14. Assert: module occurs exactly once in stack.
  15. Assert: module.[[DFSAncestorIndex]] ≤ module.[[DFSIndex]].
  16. If module.[[DFSAncestorIndex]] = module.[[DFSIndex]], then
    1. Let done be false.
    2. Repeat, while done is false,
      1. Let requiredModule be the last element of stack.
      2. Remove the last element of stack.
      3. Assert: requiredModule is a Cyclic Module Record.
      4. If requiredModule.[[AsyncEvaluation]] is false, set requiredModule.[[Status]] to evaluated.
      5. Otherwise, set requiredModule.[[Status]] to evaluating-async.
      6. If requiredModule and module are the same Module Record, set done to true.
      7. Set requiredModule.[[CycleRoot]] to module.
  17. Return index.
 Note 1

A module is evaluating while it is being traversed by InnerModuleEvaluation. A module is evaluated on execution completion or evaluating-async during execution if its [[HasTLA]] field is true or if it has asynchronous dependencies.

 Note 2

Any modules depending on a module of an asynchronous cycle when that cycle is not evaluating will instead depend on the execution of the root of the cycle via [[CycleRoot]]. This ensures that the cycle state can be treated as a single strongly connected component through its root module state.

16.2.1.5.3.2 ExecuteAsyncModule ( module )

The abstract operation ExecuteAsyncModule takes argument module (a Cyclic Module Record) and returns unused. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. Assert: module.[[Status]] is either evaluating or evaluating-async.
  2. Assert: module.[[HasTLA]] is true.
  3. Let capability be ! NewPromiseCapability(%Promise%).
  4. Let fulfilledClosure be a new Abstract Closure with no parameters that captures module and performs the following steps when called:
    1. Perform AsyncModuleExecutionFulfilled(module).
    2. Return undefined.
  5. Let onFulfilled be CreateBuiltinFunction(fulfilledClosure, 0, "", « »).
  6. Let rejectedClosure be a new Abstract Closure with parameters (error) that captures module and performs the following steps when called:
    1. Perform AsyncModuleExecutionRejected(module, error).
    2. Return undefined.
  7. Let onRejected be CreateBuiltinFunction(rejectedClosure, 0, "", « »).
  8. Perform PerformPromiseThen(capability.[[Promise]], onFulfilled, onRejected).
  9. Perform ! module.ExecuteModule(capability).
  10. Return unused.

16.2.1.5.3.3 GatherAvailableAncestors ( module, execList )

The abstract operation GatherAvailableAncestors takes arguments module (a Cyclic Module Record) and execList (a List of Cyclic Module Records) and returns unused. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. For each Cyclic Module Record m of module.[[AsyncParentModules]], do
    1. If execList does not contain m and m.[[CycleRoot]].[[EvaluationError]] is empty, then
      1. Assert: m.[[Status]] is evaluating-async.
      2. Assert: m.[[EvaluationError]] is empty.
      3. Assert: m.[[AsyncEvaluation]] is true.
      4. Assert: m.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] > 0.
      5. Set m.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] to m.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] - 1.
      6. If m.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] = 0, then
        1. Append m to execList.
        2. If m.[[HasTLA]] is false, perform GatherAvailableAncestors(m, execList).
  2. Return unused.
 Note

When an asynchronous execution for a root module is fulfilled, this function determines the list of modules which are able to synchronously execute together on this completion, populating them in execList.

16.2.1.5.3.4 AsyncModuleExecutionFulfilled ( module )

The abstract operation AsyncModuleExecutionFulfilled takes argument module (a Cyclic Module Record) and returns unused. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. If module.[[Status]] is evaluated, then
    1. Assert: module.[[EvaluationError]] is not empty.
    2. Return unused.
  2. Assert: module.[[Status]] is evaluating-async.
  3. Assert: module.[[AsyncEvaluation]] is true.
  4. Assert: module.[[EvaluationError]] is empty.
  5. Set module.[[AsyncEvaluation]] to false.
  6. Set module.[[Status]] to evaluated.
  7. If module.[[TopLevelCapability]] is not empty, then
    1. Assert: module.[[CycleRoot]] is module.
    2. Perform ! Call(module.[[TopLevelCapability]].[[Resolve]], undefined, « undefined »).
  8. Let execList be a new empty List.
  9. Perform GatherAvailableAncestors(module, execList).
  10. Let sortedExecList be a List whose elements are the elements of execList, in the order in which they had their [[AsyncEvaluation]] fields set to true in InnerModuleEvaluation.
  11. Assert: All elements of sortedExecList have their [[AsyncEvaluation]] field set to true, [[PendingAsyncDependencies]] field set to 0, and [[EvaluationError]] field set to empty.
  12. For each Cyclic Module Record m of sortedExecList, do
    1. If m.[[Status]] is evaluated, then
      1. Assert: m.[[EvaluationError]] is not empty.
    2. Else if m.[[HasTLA]] is true, then
      1. Perform ExecuteAsyncModule(m).
    3. Else,
      1. Let result be m.ExecuteModule().
      2. If result is an abrupt completion, then
        1. Perform AsyncModuleExecutionRejected(m, result.[[Value]]).
      3. Else,
        1. Set m.[[Status]] to evaluated.
        2. If m.[[TopLevelCapability]] is not empty, then
          1. Assert: m.[[CycleRoot]] is m.
          2. Perform ! Call(m.[[TopLevelCapability]].[[Resolve]], undefined, « undefined »).
  13. Return unused.

16.2.1.5.3.5 AsyncModuleExecutionRejected ( module, error )

The abstract operation AsyncModuleExecutionRejected takes arguments module (a Cyclic Module Record) and error (an ECMAScript language value) and returns unused. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. If module.[[Status]] is evaluated, then
    1. Assert: module.[[EvaluationError]] is not empty.
    2. Return unused.
  2. Assert: module.[[Status]] is evaluating-async.
  3. Assert: module.[[AsyncEvaluation]] is true.
  4. Assert: module.[[EvaluationError]] is empty.
  5. Set module.[[EvaluationError]] to ThrowCompletion(error).
  6. Set module.[[Status]] to evaluated.
  7. For each Cyclic Module Record m of module.[[AsyncParentModules]], do
    1. Perform AsyncModuleExecutionRejected(m, error).
  8. If module.[[TopLevelCapability]] is not empty, then
    1. Assert: module.[[CycleRoot]] is module.
    2. Perform ! Call(module.[[TopLevelCapability]].[[Reject]], undefined, « error »).
  9. Return unused.

16.2.1.5.4 Example Cyclic Module Record Graphs

This non-normative section gives a series of examples of the linking and evaluation of a few common module graphs, with a specific focus on how errors can occur.

First consider the following simple module graph:

Figure 2: A simple module graph
A module graph in which module A depends on module B, and module B depends on module C

Let's first assume that there are no error conditions. When a host first calls A.LoadRequestedModules(), this will complete successfully by assumption, and recursively load the dependencies of B and C as well (respectively, C and none), and then set A.[[Status]] = B.[[Status]] = C.[[Status]] = unlinked. Then, when the host calls A.Link(), it will complete successfully (again by assumption) such that A.[[Status]] = B.[[Status]] = C.[[Status]] = linked. These preparatory steps can be performed at any time. Later, when the host is ready to incur any possible side effects of the modules, it can call A.Evaluate(), which will complete successfully, returning a Promise resolving to undefined (again by assumption), recursively having evaluated first C and then B. Each module's [[Status]] at this point will be evaluated.

Consider then cases involving linking errors, after a successful call to A.LoadRequestedModules(). If InnerModuleLinking of C succeeds but, thereafter, fails for B, for example because it imports something that C does not provide, then the original A.Link() will fail, and both A and B's [[Status]] remain unlinked. C's [[Status]] has become linked, though.

Finally, consider a case involving evaluation errors after a successful call to Link(). If InnerModuleEvaluation of C succeeds but, thereafter, fails for B, for example because B contains code that throws an exception, then the original A.Evaluate() will fail, returning a rejected Promise. The resulting exception will be recorded in both A and B's [[EvaluationError]] fields, and their [[Status]] will become evaluated. C will also become evaluated but, in contrast to A and B, will remain without an [[EvaluationError]], as it successfully completed evaluation. Storing the exception ensures that any time a host tries to reuse A or B by calling their Evaluate() method, it will encounter the same exception. (Hosts are not required to reuse Cyclic Module Records; similarly, hosts are not required to expose the exception objects thrown by these methods. However, the specification enables such uses.)

Now consider a different type of error condition:

Figure 3: A module graph with an unresolvable module
A module graph in which module A depends on a missing (unresolvable) module, represented by ???

In this scenario, module A declares a dependency on some other module, but no Module Record exists for that module, i.e. HostLoadImportedModule calls FinishLoadingImportedModule with an exception when asked for it. This could occur for a variety of reasons, such as the corresponding resource not existing, or the resource existing but ParseModule returning some errors when trying to parse the resulting source text. Hosts can choose to expose the cause of failure via the completion they pass to FinishLoadingImportedModule. In any case, this exception causes a loading failure, which results in A's [[Status]] remaining new.

The difference here between loading, linking and evaluation errors is due to the following characteristic:

  • Evaluation must be only performed once, as it can cause side effects; it is thus important to remember whether evaluation has already been performed, even if unsuccessfully. (In the error case, it makes sense to also remember the exception because otherwise subsequent Evaluate() calls would have to synthesize a new one.)
  • Linking, on the other hand, is side-effect-free, and thus even if it fails, it can be retried at a later time with no issues.
  • Loading closely interacts with the host, and it may be desiderable for some of them to allow users to retry failed loads (for example, if the failure is caused by temporarily bad network conditions).

Now, consider a module graph with a cycle:

Figure 4: A cyclic module graph
A module graph in which module A depends on module B and C, but module B also depends on module A

Here we assume that the entry point is module A, so that the host proceeds by calling A.LoadRequestedModules(), which performs InnerModuleLoading on A. This in turn calls InnerModuleLoading on B and C. Because of the cycle, this again triggers InnerModuleLoading on A, but at this point it is a no-op since A's dependencies loading has already been triggered during this LoadRequestedModules process. When all the modules in the graph have been successfully loaded, their [[Status]] transitions from new to unlinked at the same time.

Then the host proceeds by calling A.Link(), which performs InnerModuleLinking on A. This in turn calls InnerModuleLinking on B. Because of the cycle, this again triggers InnerModuleLinking on A, but at this point it is a no-op since A.[[Status]] is already linking. B.[[Status]] itself remains linking when control gets back to A and InnerModuleLinking is triggered on C. After this returns with C.[[Status]] being linked, both A and B transition from linking to linked together; this is by design, since they form a strongly connected component. It's possible to transition the status of modules in the same SCC at the same time because during this phase the module graph is traversed with a depth-first search.

An analogous story occurs for the evaluation phase of a cyclic module graph, in the success case.

Now consider a case where A has a linking error; for example, it tries to import a binding from C that does not exist. In that case, the above steps still occur, including the early return from the second call to InnerModuleLinking on A. However, once we unwind back to the original InnerModuleLinking on A, it fails during InitializeEnvironment, namely right after C.ResolveExport(). The thrown SyntaxError exception propagates up to A.Link, which resets all modules that are currently on its stack (these are always exactly the modules that are still linking). Hence both A and B become unlinked. Note that C is left as linked.

Alternatively, consider a case where A has an evaluation error; for example, its source code throws an exception. In that case, the evaluation-time analog of the above steps still occurs, including the early return from the second call to InnerModuleEvaluation on A. However, once we unwind back to the original InnerModuleEvaluation on A, it fails by assumption. The exception thrown propagates up to A.Evaluate(), which records the error in all modules that are currently on its stack (i.e., the modules that are still evaluating) as well as via [[AsyncParentModules]], which form a chain for modules which contain or depend on top-level await through the whole dependency graph through the AsyncModuleExecutionRejected algorithm. Hence both A and B become evaluated and the exception is recorded in both A and B's [[EvaluationError]] fields, while C is left as evaluated with no [[EvaluationError]].

Lastly, consider a module graph with a cycle, where all modules complete asynchronously:

Figure 5: An asynchronous cyclic module graph
A module graph in which module A depends on module B and C, module B depends on module D, module C depends on module D and E, and module D depends on module A

Loading and linking happen as before, and all modules end up with [[Status]] set to linked.

Calling A.Evaluate() calls InnerModuleEvaluation on A, B, and D, which all transition to evaluating. Then InnerModuleEvaluation is called on A again, which is a no-op because it is already evaluating. At this point, D.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] is 0, so ExecuteAsyncModule(D) is called and we call D.ExecuteModule with a new PromiseCapability tracking the asynchronous execution of D. We unwind back to the InnerModuleEvaluation on B, setting B.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] to 1 and B.[[AsyncEvaluation]] to true. We unwind back to the original InnerModuleEvaluation on A, setting A.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] to 1. In the next iteration of the loop over A's dependencies, we call InnerModuleEvaluation on C and thus on D (again a no-op) and E. As E has no dependencies and is not part of a cycle, we call ExecuteAsyncModule(E) in the same manner as D and E is immediately removed from the stack. We unwind once more to the original InnerModuleEvaluation on A, setting C.[[AsyncEvaluation]] to true. Now we finish the loop over A's dependencies, set A.[[AsyncEvaluation]] to true, and remove the entire strongly connected component from the stack, transitioning all of the modules to evaluating-async at once. At this point, the fields of the modules are as given in Table 45.

Table 45: Module fields after the initial Evaluate() call
Module [[DFSIndex]] [[DFSAncestorIndex]] [[Status]] [[AsyncEvaluation]] [[AsyncParentModules]] [[PendingAsyncDependencies]]
A 0 0 evaluating-async true « » 2 (B and C)
B 1 0 evaluating-async true « A » 1 (D)
C 2 0 evaluating-async true « A » 2 (D and E)
D 3 0 evaluating-async true « B, C » 0
E 4 4 evaluating-async true « C » 0

Let us assume that E finishes executing first. When that happens, AsyncModuleExecutionFulfilled is called, E.[[Status]] is set to evaluated and C.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] is decremented to become 1. The fields of the updated modules are as given in Table 46.

Table 46: Module fields after module E finishes executing
Module [[DFSIndex]] [[DFSAncestorIndex]] [[Status]] [[AsyncEvaluation]] [[AsyncParentModules]] [[PendingAsyncDependencies]]
C 2 0 evaluating-async true « A » 1 (D)
E 4 4 evaluated true « C » 0

D is next to finish (as it was the only module that was still executing). When that happens, AsyncModuleExecutionFulfilled is called again and D.[[Status]] is set to evaluated. Then B.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] is decremented to become 0, ExecuteAsyncModule is called on B, and it starts executing. C.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] is also decremented to become 0, and C starts executing (potentially in parallel to B if B contains an await). The fields of the updated modules are as given in Table 47.

Table 47: Module fields after module D finishes executing
Module [[DFSIndex]] [[DFSAncestorIndex]] [[Status]] [[AsyncEvaluation]] [[AsyncParentModules]] [[PendingAsyncDependencies]]
B 1 0 evaluating-async true « A » 0
C 2 0 evaluating-async true « A » 0
D 3 0 evaluated true « B, C » 0

Let us assume that C finishes executing next. When that happens, AsyncModuleExecutionFulfilled is called again, C.[[Status]] is set to evaluated and A.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] is decremented to become 1. The fields of the updated modules are as given in Table 48.

Table 48: Module fields after module C finishes executing
Module [[DFSIndex]] [[DFSAncestorIndex]] [[Status]] [[AsyncEvaluation]] [[AsyncParentModules]] [[PendingAsyncDependencies]]
A 0 0 evaluating-async true « » 1 (B)
C 2 0 evaluated true « A » 0

Then, B finishes executing. When that happens, AsyncModuleExecutionFulfilled is called again and B.[[Status]] is set to evaluated. A.[[PendingAsyncDependencies]] is decremented to become 0, so ExecuteAsyncModule is called and it starts executing. The fields of the updated modules are as given in Table 49.

Table 49: Module fields after module B finishes executing
Module [[DFSIndex]] [[DFSAncestorIndex]] [[Status]] [[AsyncEvaluation]] [[AsyncParentModules]] [[PendingAsyncDependencies]]
A 0 0 evaluating-async true « » 0
B 1 0 evaluated true « A » 0

Finally, A finishes executing. When that happens, AsyncModuleExecutionFulfilled is called again and A.[[Status]] is set to evaluated. At this point, the Promise in A.[[TopLevelCapability]] (which was returned from A.Evaluate()) is resolved, and this concludes the handling of this module graph. The fields of the updated module are as given in Table 50.

Table 50: Module fields after module A finishes executing
Module [[DFSIndex]] [[DFSAncestorIndex]] [[Status]] [[AsyncEvaluation]] [[AsyncParentModules]] [[PendingAsyncDependencies]]
A 0 0 evaluated true « » 0

Alternatively, consider a failure case where C fails execution and returns an error before B has finished executing. When that happens, AsyncModuleExecutionRejected is called, which sets C.[[Status]] to evaluated and C.[[EvaluationError]] to the error. It then propagates this error to all of the AsyncParentModules by performing AsyncModuleExecutionRejected on each of them. The fields of the updated modules are as given in Table 51.

Table 51: Module fields after module C finishes with an error
Module [[DFSIndex]] [[DFSAncestorIndex]] [[Status]] [[AsyncEvaluation]] [[AsyncParentModules]] [[PendingAsyncDependencies]] [[EvaluationError]]
A 0 0 evaluated true « » 1 (B) empty
C 2 1 evaluated true « A » 0 C's evaluation error

A will be rejected with the same error as C since C will call AsyncModuleExecutionRejected on A with C's error. A.[[Status]] is set to evaluated. At this point the Promise in A.[[TopLevelCapability]] (which was returned from A.Evaluate()) is rejected. The fields of the updated module are as given in Table 52.

Table 52: Module fields after module A is rejected
Module [[DFSIndex]] [[DFSAncestorIndex]] [[Status]] [[AsyncEvaluation]] [[AsyncParentModules]] [[PendingAsyncDependencies]] [[EvaluationError]]
A 0 0 evaluated true « » 0 C's Evaluation Error

Then, B finishes executing without an error. When that happens, AsyncModuleExecutionFulfilled is called again and B.[[Status]] is set to evaluated. GatherAvailableAncestors is called on B. However, A.[[CycleRoot]] is A which has an evaluation error, so it will not be added to the returned sortedExecList and AsyncModuleExecutionFulfilled will return without further processing. Any future importer of B will resolve the rejection of B.[[CycleRoot]].[[EvaluationError]] from the evaluation error from C that was set on the cycle root A. The fields of the updated modules are as given in Table 53.

Table 53: Module fields after module B finishes executing in an erroring graph
Module [[DFSIndex]] [[DFSAncestorIndex]] [[Status]] [[AsyncEvaluation]] [[AsyncParentModules]] [[PendingAsyncDependencies]] [[EvaluationError]]
A 0 0 evaluated true « » 0 C's Evaluation Error
B 1 0 evaluated true « A » 0 empty

16.2.1.6 Source Text Module Records

A Source Text Module Record is used to represent information about a module that was defined from ECMAScript source text (11) that was parsed using the goal symbol Module. Its fields contain digested information about the names that are imported by the module and its concrete methods use this digest to link, link, and evaluate the module.

A Source Text Module Record can exist in a module graph with other subclasses of the abstract Module Record type, and can participate in cycles with other subclasses of the Cyclic Module Record type.

In addition to the fields defined in Table 42, Source Text Module Records have the additional fields listed in Table 54. Each of these fields is initially set in ParseModule.

Table 54: Additional Fields of Source Text Module Records
Field Name Value Type Meaning
[[ECMAScriptCode]] a Parse Node The result of parsing the source text of this module using Module as the goal symbol.
[[Context]] an ECMAScript code execution context or empty The execution context associated with this module. It is empty until the module's environment has been initialized.
[[ImportMeta]] an Object or empty An object exposed through the import.meta meta property. It is empty until it is accessed by ECMAScript code.
[[ImportEntries]] a List of ImportEntry Records A List of ImportEntry records derived from the code of this module.
[[LocalExportEntries]] a List of ExportEntry Records A List of ExportEntry records derived from the code of this module that correspond to declarations that occur within the module.
[[IndirectExportEntries]] a List of ExportEntry Records A List of ExportEntry records derived from the code of this module that correspond to reexported imports that occur within the module or exports from export * as namespace declarations.
[[StarExportEntries]] a List of ExportEntry Records A List of ExportEntry records derived from the code of this module that correspond to export * declarations that occur within the module, not including export * as namespace declarations.

An ImportEntry Record is a Record that digests information about a single declarative import. Each ImportEntry Record has the fields defined in Table 55:

Table 55: ImportEntry Record Fields
Field Name Value Type Meaning
[[ModuleRequest]] a String String value of the ModuleSpecifier of the ImportDeclaration.
[[ImportName]] a String or namespace-object The name under which the desired binding is exported by the module identified by [[ModuleRequest]]. The value namespace-object indicates that the import request is for the target module's namespace object.
[[LocalName]] a String The name that is used to locally access the imported value from within the importing module.
Note 1

Table 56 gives examples of ImportEntry records fields used to represent the syntactic import forms:

Table 56 (Informative): Import Forms Mappings to ImportEntry Records
Import Statement Form [[ModuleRequest]] [[ImportName]] [[LocalName]]
import v from "mod"; "mod" "default" "v"
import * as ns from "mod"; "mod" namespace-object "ns"
import {x} from "mod"; "mod" "x" "x"
import {x as v} from "mod"; "mod" "x" "v"
import "mod"; An ImportEntry Record is not created.

An ExportEntry Record is a Record that digests information about a single declarative export. Each ExportEntry Record has the fields defined in Table 57:

Table 57: ExportEntry Record Fields
Field Name Value Type Meaning
[[ExportName]] a String or null The name used to export this binding by this module.
[[ModuleRequest]] a String or null The String value of the ModuleSpecifier of the ExportDeclaration. null if the ExportDeclaration does not have a ModuleSpecifier.
[[ImportName]] a String, null, all, or all-but-default The name under which the desired binding is exported by the module identified by [[ModuleRequest]]. null if the ExportDeclaration does not have a ModuleSpecifier. all is used for export * as ns from "mod" declarations. all-but-default is used for export * from "mod" declarations.
[[LocalName]] a String or null The name that is used to locally access the exported value from within the importing module. null if the exported value is not locally accessible from within the module.
Note 2

Table 58 gives examples of the ExportEntry record fields used to represent the syntactic export forms:

Table 58 (Informative): Export Forms Mappings to ExportEntry Records
Export Statement Form [[ExportName]] [[ModuleRequest]] [[ImportName]] [[LocalName]]
export var v; "v" null null "v"
export default function f() {} "default" null null "f"
export default function () {} "default" null null "*default*"
export default 42; "default" null null "*default*"
export {x}; "x" null null "x"
export {v as x}; "x" null null "v"
export {x} from "mod"; "x" "mod" "x" null
export {v as x} from "mod"; "x" "mod" "v" null
export * from "mod"; null "mod" all-but-default null
export * as ns from "mod"; "ns" "mod" all null

The following definitions specify the required concrete methods and other abstract operations for Source Text Module Records

16.2.1.6.1 ParseModule ( sourceText, realm, hostDefined )

The abstract operation ParseModule takes arguments sourceText (ECMAScript source text), realm (a Realm Record), and hostDefined (anything) and returns a Source Text Module Record or a non-empty List of SyntaxError objects. It creates a Source Text Module Record based upon the result of parsing sourceText as a Module. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. Let body be ParseText(sourceText, Module).
  2. If body is a List of errors, return body.
  3. Let requestedModules be the ModuleRequests of body.
  4. Let importEntries be ImportEntries of body.
  5. Let importedBoundNames be ImportedLocalNames(importEntries).
  6. Let indirectExportEntries be a new empty List.
  7. Let localExportEntries be a new empty List.
  8. Let starExportEntries be a new empty List.
  9. Let exportEntries be ExportEntries of body.
  10. For each ExportEntry Record ee of exportEntries, do
    1. If ee.[[ModuleRequest]] is null, then
      1. If importedBoundNames does not contain ee.[[LocalName]], then
        1. Append ee to localExportEntries.
      2. Else,
        1. Let ie be the element of importEntries whose [[LocalName]] is ee.[[LocalName]].
        2. If ie.[[ImportName]] is namespace-object, then
          1. NOTE: This is a re-export of an imported module namespace object.
          2. Append ee to localExportEntries.
        3. Else,
          1. NOTE: This is a re-export of a single name.
          2. Append the ExportEntry Record { [[ModuleRequest]]: ie.[[ModuleRequest]], [[ImportName]]: ie.[[ImportName]], [[LocalName]]: null, [[ExportName]]: ee.[[ExportName]] } to indirectExportEntries.
    2. Else if ee.[[ImportName]] is all-but-default, then
      1. Assert: ee.[[ExportName]] is null.
      2. Append ee to starExportEntries.
    3. Else,
      1. Append ee to indirectExportEntries.
  11. Let async be body Contains await.
  12. Return Source Text Module Record { [[Realm]]: realm, [[Environment]]: empty, [[Namespace]]: empty, [[CycleRoot]]: empty, [[HasTLA]]: async, [[AsyncEvaluation]]: false, [[TopLevelCapability]]: empty, [[AsyncParentModules]]: « », [[PendingAsyncDependencies]]: empty, [[Status]]: new, [[EvaluationError]]: empty, [[HostDefined]]: hostDefined, [[ECMAScriptCode]]: body, [[Context]]: empty, [[ImportMeta]]: empty, [[RequestedModules]]: requestedModules, [[LoadedModules]]: « », [[ImportEntries]]: importEntries, [[LocalExportEntries]]: localExportEntries, [[IndirectExportEntries]]: indirectExportEntries, [[StarExportEntries]]: starExportEntries, [[DFSIndex]]: empty, [[DFSAncestorIndex]]: empty }.
 Note

An implementation may parse module source text and analyse it for Early Error conditions prior to the evaluation of ParseModule for that module source text. However, the reporting of any errors must be deferred until the point where this specification actually performs ParseModule upon that source text.

16.2.1.6.2 GetExportedNames ( [ exportStarSet ] )

The GetExportedNames concrete method of a Source Text Module Record module takes optional argument exportStarSet (a List of Source Text Module Records) and returns a List of either Strings or null. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. Assert: module.[[Status]] is not new.
  2. If exportStarSet is not present, set exportStarSet to a new empty List.
  3. If exportStarSet contains module, then
    1. Assert: We've reached the starting point of an export * circularity.
    2. Return a new empty List.
  4. Append module to exportStarSet.
  5. Let exportedNames be a new empty List.
  6. For each ExportEntry Record e of module.[[LocalExportEntries]], do
    1. Assert: module provides the direct binding for this export.
    2. Append e.[[ExportName]] to exportedNames.
  7. For each ExportEntry Record e of module.[[IndirectExportEntries]], do
    1. Assert: module imports a specific binding for this export.
    2. Append e.[[ExportName]] to exportedNames.
  8. For each ExportEntry Record e of module.[[StarExportEntries]], do
    1. Let requestedModule be GetImportedModule(module, e.[[ModuleRequest]]).
    2. Let starNames be requestedModule.GetExportedNames(exportStarSet).
    3. For each element n of starNames, do
      1. If SameValue(n, "default") is false, then
        1. If exportedNames does not contain n, then
          1. Append n to exportedNames.
  9. Return exportedNames.
 Note

GetExportedNames does not filter out or throw an exception for names that have ambiguous star export bindings.

16.2.1.6.3 ResolveExport ( exportName [ , resolveSet ] )

The ResolveExport concrete method of a Source Text Module Record module takes argument exportName (a String) and optional argument resolveSet (a List of Records with fields [[Module]] (a Module Record) and [[ExportName]] (a String)) and returns a ResolvedBinding Record, null, or ambiguous.

ResolveExport attempts to resolve an imported binding to the actual defining module and local binding name. The defining module may be the module represented by the Module Record this method was invoked on or some other module that is imported by that module. The parameter resolveSet is used to detect unresolved circular import/export paths. If a pair consisting of specific Module Record and exportName is reached that is already in resolveSet, an import circularity has been encountered. Before recursively calling ResolveExport, a pair consisting of module and exportName is added to resolveSet.

If a defining module is found, a ResolvedBinding Record { [[Module]], [[BindingName]] } is returned. This record identifies the resolved binding of the originally requested export, unless this is the export of a namespace with no local binding. In this case, [[BindingName]] will be set to namespace. If no definition was found or the request is found to be circular, null is returned. If the request is found to be ambiguous, ambiguous is returned.

It performs the following steps when called:

  1. Assert: module.[[Status]] is not new.
  2. If resolveSet is not present, set resolveSet to a new empty List.
  3. For each Record { [[Module]], [[ExportName]] } r of resolveSet, do
    1. If module and r.[[Module]] are the same Module Record and SameValue(exportName, r.[[ExportName]]) is true, then
      1. Assert: This is a circular import request.
      2. Return null.
  4. Append the Record { [[Module]]: module, [[ExportName]]: exportName } to resolveSet.
  5. For each ExportEntry Record e of module.[[LocalExportEntries]], do
    1. If SameValue(exportName, e.[[ExportName]]) is true, then
      1. Assert: module provides the direct binding for this export.
      2. Return ResolvedBinding Record { [[Module]]: module, [[BindingName]]: e.[[LocalName]] }.
  6. For each ExportEntry Record e of module.[[IndirectExportEntries]], do
    1. If SameValue(exportName, e.[[ExportName]]) is true, then
      1. Let importedModule be GetImportedModule(module, e.[[ModuleRequest]]).
      2. If e.[[ImportName]] is all, then
        1. Assert: module does not provide the direct binding for this export.
        2. Return ResolvedBinding Record { [[Module]]: importedModule, [[BindingName]]: namespace }.
      3. Else,
        1. Assert: module imports a specific binding for this export.
        2. Return importedModule.ResolveExport(e.[[ImportName]], resolveSet).
  7. If SameValue(exportName, "default") is true, then
    1. Assert: A default export was not explicitly defined by this module.
    2. Return null.
    3. NOTE: A default export cannot be provided by an export * from "mod" declaration.
  8. Let starResolution be null.
  9. For each ExportEntry Record e of module.[[StarExportEntries]], do
    1. Let importedModule be GetImportedModule(module, e.[[ModuleRequest]]).
    2. Let resolution be importedModule.ResolveExport(exportName, resolveSet).
    3. If resolution is ambiguous, return ambiguous.
    4. If resolution is not null, then
      1. Assert: resolution is a ResolvedBinding Record.
      2. If starResolution is null, set starResolution to resolution.
      3. Else,
        1. Assert: There is more than one * import that includes the requested name.
        2. If resolution.[[Module]] and starResolution.[[Module]] are not the same Module Record, return ambiguous.
        3. If resolution.[[BindingName]] is not starResolution.[[BindingName]] and either resolution.[[BindingName]] or starResolution.[[BindingName]] is namespace, return ambiguous.
        4. If resolution.[[BindingName]] is a String, starResolution.[[BindingName]] is a String, and SameValue(resolution.[[BindingName]], starResolution.[[BindingName]]) is false, return ambiguous.
  10. Return starResolution.

16.2.1.6.4 InitializeEnvironment ( )

The InitializeEnvironment concrete method of a Source Text Module Record module takes no arguments and returns either a normal completion containing unused or a throw completion. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. For each ExportEntry Record e of module.[[IndirectExportEntries]], do
    1. Let resolution be module.ResolveExport(e.[[ExportName]]).
    2. If resolution is either null or ambiguous, throw a SyntaxError exception.
    3. Assert: resolution is a ResolvedBinding Record.
  2. Assert: All named exports from module are resolvable.
  3. Let realm be module.[[Realm]].
  4. Assert: realm is not undefined.
  5. Let env be NewModuleEnvironment(realm.[[GlobalEnv]]).
  6. Set module.[[Environment]] to env.
  7. For each ImportEntry Record in of module.[[ImportEntries]], do
    1. Let importedModule be GetImportedModule(module, in.[[ModuleRequest]]).
    2. If in.[[ImportName]] is namespace-object, then
      1. Let namespace be GetModuleNamespace(importedModule).
      2. Perform ! env.CreateImmutableBinding(in.[[LocalName]], true).
      3. Perform ! env.InitializeBinding(in.[[LocalName]], namespace).
    3. Else,
      1. Let resolution be importedModule.ResolveExport(in.[[ImportName]]).
      2. If resolution is either null or ambiguous, throw a SyntaxError exception.
      3. If resolution.[[BindingName]] is namespace, then
        1. Let namespace be GetModuleNamespace(resolution.[[Module]]).
        2. Perform ! env.CreateImmutableBinding(in.[[LocalName]], true).
        3. Perform ! env.InitializeBinding(in.[[LocalName]], namespace).
      4. Else,
        1. Perform env.CreateImportBinding(in.[[LocalName]], resolution.[[Module]], resolution.[[BindingName]]).
  8. Let moduleContext be a new ECMAScript code execution context.
  9. Set the Function of moduleContext to null.
  10. Assert: module.[[Realm]] is not undefined.
  11. Set the Realm of moduleContext to module.[[Realm]].
  12. Set the ScriptOrModule of moduleContext to module.
  13. Set the VariableEnvironment of moduleContext to module.[[Environment]].
  14. Set the LexicalEnvironment of moduleContext to module.[[Environment]].
  15. Set the PrivateEnvironment of moduleContext to null.
  16. Set module.[[Context]] to moduleContext.
  17. Push moduleContext onto the execution context stack; moduleContext is now the running execution context.
  18. Let code be module.[[ECMAScriptCode]].
  19. Let varDeclarations be the VarScopedDeclarations of code.
  20. Let declaredVarNames be a new empty List.
  21. For each element d of varDeclarations, do
    1. For each element dn of the BoundNames of d, do
      1. If declaredVarNames does not contain dn, then
        1. Perform ! env.CreateMutableBinding(dn, false).
        2. Perform ! env.InitializeBinding(dn, undefined).
        3. Append dn to declaredVarNames.
  22. Let lexDeclarations be the LexicallyScopedDeclarations of code.
  23. Let privateEnv be null.
  24. For each element d of lexDeclarations, do
    1. For each element dn of the BoundNames of d, do
      1. If IsConstantDeclaration of d is true, then
        1. Perform ! env.CreateImmutableBinding(dn, true).
      2. Else,
        1. Perform ! env.CreateMutableBinding(dn, false).
      3. If d is either a FunctionDeclaration, a GeneratorDeclaration, an AsyncFunctionDeclaration, or an AsyncGeneratorDeclaration, then
        1. Let fo be InstantiateFunctionObject of d with arguments env and privateEnv.
        2. Perform ! env.InitializeBinding(dn, fo).
  25. Remove moduleContext from the execution context stack.
  26. Return unused.

16.2.1.6.5 ExecuteModule ( [ capability ] )

The ExecuteModule concrete method of a Source Text Module Record module takes optional argument capability (a PromiseCapability Record) and returns either a normal completion containing unused or a throw completion. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. Let moduleContext be a new ECMAScript code execution context.
  2. Set the Function of moduleContext to null.
  3. Set the Realm of moduleContext to module.[[Realm]].
  4. Set the ScriptOrModule of moduleContext to module.
  5. Assert: module has been linked and declarations in its module environment have been instantiated.
  6. Set the VariableEnvironment of moduleContext to module.[[Environment]].
  7. Set the LexicalEnvironment of moduleContext to module.[[Environment]].
  8. Suspend the running execution context.
  9. If module.[[HasTLA]] is false, then
    1. Assert: capability is not present.
    2. Push moduleContext onto the execution context stack; moduleContext is now the running execution context.
    3. Let result be Completion(Evaluation of module.[[ECMAScriptCode]]).
    4. Suspend moduleContext and remove it from the execution context stack.
    5. Resume the context that is now on the top of the execution context stack as the running execution context.
    6. If result is an abrupt completion, then
      1. Return ? result.
  10. Else,
    1. Assert: capability is a PromiseCapability Record.
    2. Perform AsyncBlockStart(capability, module.[[ECMAScriptCode]], moduleContext).
  11. Return unused.

16.2.1.7 GetImportedModule ( referrer, specifier )

The abstract operation GetImportedModule takes arguments referrer (a Cyclic Module Record) and specifier (a String) and returns a Module Record. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. Assert: Exactly one element of referrer.[[LoadedModules]] is a Record whose [[Specifier]] is specifier, since LoadRequestedModules has completed successfully on referrer prior to invoking this abstract operation.
  2. Let record be the Record in referrer.[[LoadedModules]] whose [[Specifier]] is specifier.
  3. Return record.[[Module]].

16.2.1.8 HostLoadImportedModule ( referrer, specifier, hostDefined, payload )

The host-defined abstract operation HostLoadImportedModule takes arguments referrer (a Script Record, a Cyclic Module Record, or a Realm Record), specifier (a String), hostDefined (anything), and payload (a GraphLoadingState Record or a PromiseCapability Record) and returns unused.

Note

An example of when referrer can be a Realm Record is in a web browser host. There, if a user clicks on a control given by

<button type="button" onclick="import('./foo.mjs')">Click me</button>

there will be no active script or module at the time the import() expression runs. More generally, this can happen in any situation where the host pushes execution contexts with null ScriptOrModule components onto the execution context stack.

An implementation of HostLoadImportedModule must conform to the following requirements:

The actual process performed is host-defined, but typically consists of performing whatever I/O operations are necessary to load the appropriate Module Record. Multiple different (referrer, specifier) pairs may map to the same Module Record instance. The actual mapping semantics is host-defined but typically a normalization process is applied to specifier as part of the mapping process. A typical normalization process would include actions such as expansion of relative and abbreviated path specifiers.

16.2.1.9 FinishLoadingImportedModule ( referrer, specifier, payload, result )

The abstract operation FinishLoadingImportedModule takes arguments referrer (a Script Record, a Cyclic Module Record, or a Realm Record), specifier (a String), payload (a GraphLoadingState Record or a PromiseCapability Record), and result (either a normal completion containing a Module Record or a throw completion) and returns unused. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. If result is a normal completion, then
    1. If referrer.[[LoadedModules]] contains a Record whose [[Specifier]] is specifier, then
      1. Assert: That Record's [[Module]] is result.[[Value]].
    2. Else, append the Record { [[Specifier]]: specifier, [[Module]]: result.[[Value]] } to referrer.[[LoadedModules]].
  2. If payload is a GraphLoadingState Record, then
    1. Perform ContinueModuleLoading(payload, result).
  3. Else,
    1. Perform ContinueDynamicImport(payload, result).
  4. Return unused.

16.2.1.10 GetModuleNamespace ( module )

The abstract operation GetModuleNamespace takes argument module (an instance of a concrete subclass of Module Record) and returns a Module Namespace Object or empty. It retrieves the Module Namespace Object representing module's exports, lazily creating it the first time it was requested, and storing it in module.[[Namespace]] for future retrieval. It performs the following steps when called:

  1. Assert: If module is a Cyclic Module Record, then module.[[Status]] is not new or unlinked.
  2. Let namespace be module.[[Namespace]].
  3. If namespace is empty, then
    1. Let exportedNames be module.GetExportedNames().
    2. Let unambiguousNames be a new empty List.
    3. For each element name of exportedNames, do
      1. Let resolution be module.ResolveExport(name).
      2. If resolution is a ResolvedBinding Record, append name to unambiguousNames.
    4. Set namespace to ModuleNamespaceCreate(module, unambiguousNames).
  4. Return namespace.
 Note

GetModuleNamespace never throws. Instead, unresolvable names are simply excluded from the namespace at this point. They will lead to a real linking error later unless they are all ambiguous star exports that are not explicitly requested anywhere.

16.2.1.11 Runtime Semantics: Evaluation

Module : [empty]
  1. Return undefined.
 ModuleBody : ModuleItemList
  1. Let result be Completion(Evaluation of ModuleItemList).
  2. If result.[[Type]] is normal and result.[[Value]] is empty, then
    1. Return undefined.
  3. Return ? result.
 ModuleItemList : ModuleItemList ModuleItem
  1. Let sl be ? Evaluation of ModuleItemList.
  2. Let s be Completion(Evaluation of ModuleItem).
  3. Return ? UpdateEmpty(s, sl).
 Note

The value of a ModuleItemList is the value of the last value-producing item in the ModuleItemList.

 ModuleItem : ImportDeclaration
  1. Return empty.

16.2.2 Imports

Syntax

ImportDeclaration : import ImportClause FromClause ; import ModuleSpecifier ; ImportClause : ImportedDefaultBinding NameSpaceImport NamedImports ImportedDefaultBinding , NameSpaceImport ImportedDefaultBinding , NamedImports ImportedDefaultBinding : ImportedBinding NameSpaceImport : * as ImportedBinding NamedImports : { } { ImportsList } { ImportsList , } FromClause : from ModuleSpecifier ImportsList : ImportSpecifier ImportsList , ImportSpecifier ImportSpecifier : ImportedBinding ModuleExportName as ImportedBinding ModuleSpecifier : StringLiteral ImportedBinding : BindingIdentifier[~Yield, +Await]

16.2.2.1 Static Semantics: Early Errors

ModuleItem : ImportDeclaration

16.2.2.2 Static Semantics: ImportEntries

The syntax-directed operation ImportEntries takes no arguments and returns a List of ImportEntry Records. It is defined piecewise over the following productions:

Module : [empty]
  1. Return a new empty List.
 ModuleItemList : ModuleItemList ModuleItem
  1. Let entries1 be ImportEntries of ModuleItemList.
  2. Let entries2 be ImportEntries of ModuleItem.
  3. Return the list-concatenation of entries1 and entries2.
 ModuleItem : ExportDeclaration StatementListItem
  1. Return a new empty List.
 ImportDeclaration : import ImportClause FromClause ;
  1. Let module be the sole element of ModuleRequests of FromClause.
  2. Return ImportEntriesForModule of ImportClause with argument module.
 ImportDeclaration : import ModuleSpecifier ;
  1. Return a new empty List.

16.2.2.3 Static Semantics: ImportEntriesForModule

The syntax-directed operation ImportEntriesForModule takes argument module (a String) and returns a List of ImportEntry Records. It is defined piecewise over the following productions:

ImportClause : ImportedDefaultBinding , NameSpaceImport
  1. Let entries1 be ImportEntriesForModule of ImportedDefaultBinding with argument module.
  2. Let entries2 be ImportEntriesForModule of NameSpaceImport with argument module.
  3. Return the list-concatenation of entries1 and entries2.
 ImportClause : ImportedDefaultBinding , NamedImports
  1. Let entries1 be ImportEntriesForModule of ImportedDefaultBinding with argument module.
  2. Let entries2 be ImportEntriesForModule of NamedImports with argument module.
  3. Return the list-concatenation of entries1 and entries2.
 ImportedDefaultBinding : ImportedBinding
  1. Let localName be the sole element of BoundNames of ImportedBinding.
  2. Let defaultEntry be the ImportEntry Record { [[ModuleRequest]]: module, [[ImportName]]: "default", [[LocalName]]: localName }.
  3. Return « defaultEntry ».
 NameSpaceImport : * as ImportedBinding
  1. Let localName be the StringValue of ImportedBinding.
  2. Let entry be the ImportEntry Record { [[ModuleRequest]]: module, [[ImportName]]: namespace-object, [[LocalName]]: localName }.
  3. Return « entry ».
 NamedImports : { }
  1. Return a new empty List.
 ImportsList : ImportsList , ImportSpecifier
  1. Let specs1 be the ImportEntriesForModule of ImportsList with argument module.
  2. Let specs2 be the ImportEntriesForModule of ImportSpecifier with argument module.
  3. Return the list-concatenation of specs1 and specs2.
 ImportSpecifier : ImportedBinding
  1. Let localName be the sole element of BoundNames of ImportedBinding.
  2. Let entry be the ImportEntry Record { [[ModuleRequest]]: module, [[ImportName]]: localName, [[LocalName]]: localName }.
  3. Return « entry ».
 ImportSpecifier : ModuleExportName as ImportedBinding
  1. Let importName be the StringValue of ModuleExportName.
  2. Let localName be the StringValue of ImportedBinding.
  3. Let entry be the ImportEntry Record { [[ModuleRequest]]: module, [[ImportName]]: importName, [[LocalName]]: localName }.
  4. Return « entry ».

16.2.3 Exports

Syntax

ExportDeclaration : export ExportFromClause FromClause ; export NamedExports ; export VariableStatement[~Yield, +Await] export Declaration[~Yield, +Await] export default HoistableDeclaration[~Yield, +Await, +Default] export default ClassDeclaration[~Yield, +Await, +Default] export default [lookahead ∉ { function, async [no LineTerminator here] function, class }] AssignmentExpression[+In, ~Yield, +Await] ; ExportFromClause : * * as ModuleExportName NamedExports NamedExports : { } { ExportsList } { ExportsList , } ExportsList : ExportSpecifier ExportsList , ExportSpecifier ExportSpecifier : ModuleExportName ModuleExportName as ModuleExportName

16.2.3.1 Static Semantics: Early Errors

ExportDeclaration : export NamedExports ; Note

The above rule means that each ReferencedBindings of NamedExports is treated as an IdentifierReference.

16.2.3.2 Static Semantics: ExportedBindings

The syntax-directed operation ExportedBindings takes no arguments and returns a List of Strings.

Note

ExportedBindings are the locally bound names that are explicitly associated with a Module's ExportedNames.

It is defined piecewise over the following productions:

ModuleItemList : ModuleItemList ModuleItem
  1. Let names1 be ExportedBindings of ModuleItemList.
  2. Let names2 be ExportedBindings of ModuleItem.
  3. Return the list-concatenation of names1 and names2.
 ModuleItem : ImportDeclaration StatementListItem
  1. Return a new empty List.
 ExportDeclaration : export ExportFromClause FromClause ;
  1. Return a new empty List.
 ExportDeclaration : export NamedExports ;
  1. Return the ExportedBindings of NamedExports.
 ExportDeclaration : export VariableStatement
  1. Return the BoundNames of VariableStatement.
 ExportDeclaration : export Declaration
  1. Return the BoundNames of Declaration.
 ExportDeclaration : export default HoistableDeclaration export default ClassDeclaration export default AssignmentExpression ;
  1. Return the BoundNames of this ExportDeclaration.
 NamedExports : { }
  1. Return a new empty List.
 ExportsList : ExportsList , ExportSpecifier
  1. Let names1 be the ExportedBindings of ExportsList.
  2. Let names2 be the ExportedBindings of ExportSpecifier.
  3. Return the list-concatenation of names1 and names2.
 ExportSpecifier : ModuleExportName
  1. Return a List whose sole element is the StringValue of ModuleExportName.
 ExportSpecifier : ModuleExportName as ModuleExportName
  1. Return a List whose sole element is the StringValue of the first ModuleExportName.

16.2.3.3 Static Semantics: ExportedNames

The syntax-directed operation ExportedNames takes no arguments and returns a List of Strings.

Note

ExportedNames are the externally visible names that a Module explicitly maps to one of its local name bindings.

It is defined piecewise over the following productions:

ModuleItemList : ModuleItemList ModuleItem
  1. Let names1 be ExportedNames of ModuleItemList.
  2. Let names2 be ExportedNames of ModuleItem.
  3. Return the list-concatenation of names1 and names2.
 ModuleItem : ExportDeclaration
  1. Return the ExportedNames of ExportDeclaration.
 ModuleItem : ImportDeclaration StatementListItem
  1. Return a new empty List.
 ExportDeclaration : export ExportFromClause FromClause ;
  1. Return the ExportedNames of ExportFromClause.
 ExportFromClause : *
  1. Return a new empty List.
 ExportFromClause : * as ModuleExportName
  1. Return a List whose sole element is the StringValue of ModuleExportName.
 ExportFromClause : NamedExports
  1. Return the ExportedNames of NamedExports.
 ExportDeclaration : export VariableStatement
  1. Return the BoundNames of VariableStatement.
 ExportDeclaration : export Declaration
  1. Return the BoundNames of Declaration.
 ExportDeclaration : export default HoistableDeclaration export default ClassDeclaration export default AssignmentExpression ;
  1. Return « "default" ».
 NamedExports : { }
  1. Return a new empty List.
 ExportsList : ExportsList , ExportSpecifier
  1. Let names1 be the ExportedNames of ExportsList.
  2. Let names2 be the ExportedNames of ExportSpecifier.
  3. Return the list-concatenation of names1 and names2.
 ExportSpecifier : ModuleExportName
  1. Return a List whose sole element is the StringValue of ModuleExportName.
 ExportSpecifier : ModuleExportName as ModuleExportName
  1. Return a List whose sole element is the StringValue of the second ModuleExportName.

16.2.3.4 Static Semantics: ExportEntries

The syntax-directed operation ExportEntries takes no arguments and returns a List of ExportEntry Records. It is defined piecewise over the following productions:

Module : [empty]
  1. Return a new empty List.
 ModuleItemList : ModuleItemList ModuleItem
  1. Let entries1 be ExportEntries of ModuleItemList.
  2. Let entries2 be ExportEntries of ModuleItem.
  3. Return the list-concatenation of entries1 and entries2.
 ModuleItem : ImportDeclaration StatementListItem
  1. Return a new empty List.
 ExportDeclaration : export ExportFromClause FromClause ;
  1. Let module be the sole element of ModuleRequests of FromClause.
  2. Return ExportEntriesForModule of ExportFromClause with argument module.
 ExportDeclaration : export NamedExports ;
  1. Return ExportEntriesForModule of NamedExports with argument null.
 ExportDeclaration : export VariableStatement
  1. Let entries be a new empty List.
  2. Let names be the BoundNames of VariableStatement.
  3. For each element name of names, do
    1. Append the ExportEntry Record { [[ModuleRequest]]: null, [[ImportName]]: null, [[LocalName]]: name, [[ExportName]]: name } to entries.
  4. Return entries.
 ExportDeclaration : export Declaration
  1. Let entries be a new empty List.
  2. Let names be the BoundNames of Declaration.
  3. For each element name of names, do
    1. Append the ExportEntry Record { [[ModuleRequest]]: null, [[ImportName]]: null, [[LocalName]]: name, [[ExportName]]: name } to entries.
  4. Return entries.
 ExportDeclaration : export default HoistableDeclaration
  1. Let names be BoundNames of HoistableDeclaration.
  2. Let localName be the sole element of names.
  3. Return a List whose sole element is a new ExportEntry Record { [[ModuleRequest]]: null, [[ImportName]]: null, [[LocalName]]: localName, [[ExportName]]: "default" }.
 ExportDeclaration : export default ClassDeclaration
  1. Let names be BoundNames of ClassDeclaration.
  2. Let localName be the sole element of names.
  3. Return a List whose sole element is a new ExportEntry Record { [[ModuleRequest]]: null, [[ImportName]]: null, [[LocalName]]: localName, [[ExportName]]: "default" }.
 ExportDeclaration : export default AssignmentExpression ;
  1. Let entry be the ExportEntry Record { [[ModuleRequest]]: null, [[ImportName]]: null, [[LocalName]]: "*default*", [[ExportName]]: "default" }.
  2. Return « entry ».
 Note

"*default*" is used within this specification as a synthetic name for anonymous default export values. See this note for more details.

16.2.3.5 Static Semantics: ExportEntriesForModule

The syntax-directed operation ExportEntriesForModule takes argument module (a String or null) and returns a List of ExportEntry Records. It is defined piecewise over the following productions:

ExportFromClause : *
  1. Let entry be the ExportEntry Record { [[ModuleRequest]]: module, [[ImportName]]: all-but-default, [[LocalName]]: null, [[ExportName]]: null }.
  2. Return « entry ».
 ExportFromClause : * as ModuleExportName
  1. Let exportName be the StringValue of ModuleExportName.
  2. Let entry be the ExportEntry Record { [[ModuleRequest]]: module, [[ImportName]]: all, [[LocalName]]: null, [[ExportName]]: exportName }.
  3. Return « entry ».
 NamedExports : { }
  1. Return a new empty List.
 ExportsList : ExportsList , ExportSpecifier
  1. Let specs1 be the ExportEntriesForModule of ExportsList with argument module.
  2. Let specs2 be the ExportEntriesForModule of ExportSpecifier with argument module.
  3. Return the list-concatenation of specs1 and specs2.
 ExportSpecifier : ModuleExportName
  1. Let sourceName be the StringValue of ModuleExportName.
  2. If module is null, then
    1. Let localName be sourceName.
    2. Let importName be null.
  3. Else,
    1. Let localName be null.
    2. Let importName be sourceName.
  4. Return a List whose sole element is a new ExportEntry Record { [[ModuleRequest]]: module, [[ImportName]]: importName, [[LocalName]]: localName, [[ExportName]]: sourceName }.
 ExportSpecifier : ModuleExportName as ModuleExportName
  1. Let sourceName be the StringValue of the first ModuleExportName.
  2. Let exportName be the StringValue of the second ModuleExportName.
  3. If module is null, then
    1. Let localName be sourceName.
    2. Let importName be null.
  4. Else,
    1. Let localName be null.
    2. Let importName be sourceName.
  5. Return a List whose sole element is a new ExportEntry Record { [[ModuleRequest]]: module, [[ImportName]]: importName, [[LocalName]]: localName, [[ExportName]]: exportName }.

16.2.3.6 Static Semantics: ReferencedBindings

The syntax-directed operation ReferencedBindings takes no arguments and returns a List of Parse Nodes. It is defined piecewise over the following productions:

NamedExports : { }
  1. Return a new empty List.
 ExportsList : ExportsList , ExportSpecifier
  1. Let names1 be the ReferencedBindings of ExportsList.
  2. Let names2 be the ReferencedBindings of ExportSpecifier.
  3. Return the list-concatenation of names1 and names2.
 ExportSpecifier : ModuleExportName as ModuleExportName
  1. Return the ReferencedBindings of the first ModuleExportName.
 ModuleExportName : IdentifierName
  1. Return a List whose sole element is the IdentifierName.
 ModuleExportName : StringLiteral
  1. Return a List whose sole element is the StringLiteral.

16.2.3.7 Runtime Semantics: Evaluation

ExportDeclaration : export ExportFromClause FromClause ; export NamedExports ;
  1. Return empty.
 ExportDeclaration : export VariableStatement
  1. Return ? Evaluation of VariableStatement.
 ExportDeclaration : export Declaration
  1. Return ? Evaluation of Declaration.
 ExportDeclaration : export default HoistableDeclaration
  1. Return ? Evaluation of HoistableDeclaration.
 ExportDeclaration : export default ClassDeclaration
  1. Let value be ? BindingClassDeclarationEvaluation of ClassDeclaration.
  2. Let className be the sole element of BoundNames of ClassDeclaration.
  3. If className is "*default*", then
    1. Let env be the running execution context's LexicalEnvironment.
    2. Perform ? InitializeBoundName("*default*", value, env).
  4. Return empty.
 ExportDeclaration : export default AssignmentExpression ;
  1. If IsAnonymousFunctionDefinition(AssignmentExpression) is true, then
    1. Let value be ? NamedEvaluation of AssignmentExpression with argument "default".
  2. Else,
    1. Let rhs be ? Evaluation of AssignmentExpression.
    2. Let value be ? GetValue(rhs).
  3. Let env be the running execution context's LexicalEnvironment.
  4. Perform ? InitializeBoundName("*default*", value, env).
  5. Return empty.