fix(cjs-wrap): resolve built-in requires through createRequire, not dropped ESM imports - #8341
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The CJS-to-ESM wrap hoists require("process") and other Node.js built-in
requires as static ESM imports. The codegen does not initialize native-module
import bindings inside CJS-wrapped modules, so the hoisted binding is undefined
at runtime — causing ReferenceError when the module tries to use it.
Three changes in wrap.rs:
1. Don't adopt aliases for built-in specs. Keeping the alias un-adopted means
the declaration (e.g. let node_process = require("process")) stays in the
IIFE body and goes through the synthetic require function.
2. Don't blank built-in alias declarations in the hoisted-classes path. Same
rationale: the declaration must survive so the synthetic require handles it.
3. Use createRequire for built-in modules in the synthetic require function.
Both the per-spec cases and a runtime fallback check __perry_cjs_require_is_builtin
and resolve via __perry_cjs_create_require(path)(specifier), which calls
js_create_native_module_namespace under the hood.
Also fixes circular-dependency detection to use globalThis.process?.emitWarning?.()
instead of process.emitWarning(), which crashes when process is not a global.
Verified: a standalone CJS file with require("process"), require("os"), and
require("path") now compiles and runs correctly, printing platform/os/path values.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughCommonJS wrapping now detects Node.js built-in modules, preserves their aliases, and resolves them through runtime ChangesCommonJS built-in resolution
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~15 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The change restores built-in CommonJS requires through the runtime resolver, but current handling still misclassifies unsupported subpaths and misses several supported built-ins, which can break dependent programs during compilation or execution. These correctness gaps should be fixed before merge. Possibly related PRs
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In `@crates/perry/src/commands/compile/cjs_wrap/wrap.rs`:
- Around line 155-168: The built-in module predicate currently matches
unsupported subpaths by checking the truncated base name. In the
builtin-requires handling and the corresponding checks near the symbols using
`normalized` and `base`, pass the complete normalized specifier to
`perry_hir::is_node_builtin_module` instead of `base`, preserving valid entries
such as `fs/promises` and `path/win32` while allowing unsupported paths to use
compiled-module resolution.
Apply the same fix in `@crates/perry/src/commands/compile/cjs_wrap/wrap.rs` around
lines 300 - 310.
- Around line 944-950: The __perry_cjs_require_is_builtin predicate should be
generated from the complete runtime-supported CJS builtin spelling set,
including dgram, diagnostics_channel, fs/promises, inspector, repl, stream/web,
tls, v8, vm, wasi, and their node: forms. Include node:sea and node:sqlite while
preserving scheme-only handling for node:sea, node:sqlite, node:test, and
node:test/reporters, so computed require and require.resolve use the runtime
builtin resolver.
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| // #sdxgen: Identify Node.js built-in requires (`require("process")`, | ||
| // `require("os")`, etc.) so the synthetic `require` function can resolve | ||
| // them via `createRequire` at runtime instead of relying on the hoisted | ||
| // static import binding (which the codegen does not initialize for | ||
| // native modules inside CJS-wrapped modules). | ||
| let builtin_requires: Vec<String> = require_specs | ||
| .iter() | ||
| .filter(|spec| { | ||
| let normalized = spec.strip_prefix("node:").unwrap_or(spec); | ||
| let base = normalized.split('/').next().unwrap_or(normalized); | ||
| perry_hir::is_node_builtin_module(base) | ||
| }) | ||
| .cloned() | ||
| .collect(); |
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import re
from pathlib import Path
constants = Path("crates/perry-hir/src/ir/constants.rs").read_text()
table = set(re.findall(r'^\s*"([^"]+)",\s*$', constants[constants.index("NODE_BUILTIN_MODULES"):constants.index("/// Whether `name`")], re.M))
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"path/win32", "path/unknown", "node:path/unknown",
]
for spec in specs:
normalized = spec.removeprefix("node:")
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start = text.index("pub const NODE_BUILTIN_MODULES")
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table = set(re.findall(r'^\s*"([^"]+)",\s*$', text[start:end], re.M))
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"path/win32", "path/unknown", "node:path/unknown",
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normalized = spec.removeprefix("node:")
base = normalized.split("/", 1)[0]
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Match the complete normalized specifier.
The exact predicate classifies valid entries such as fs/promises and path/win32, but the base-name checks also classify unsupported paths such as fs/unknown and path/unknown as built-ins. Those paths bypass compiled-module resolution and reach createRequire.
Use normalized instead of base at lines 165, 308, and 762.
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In `@crates/perry/src/commands/compile/cjs_wrap/wrap.rs` around lines 155 - 168,
The built-in module predicate currently matches unsupported subpaths by checking
the truncated base name. In the builtin-requires handling and the corresponding
checks near the symbols using `normalized` and `base`, pass the complete
normalized specifier to `perry_hir::is_node_builtin_module` instead of `base`,
preserving valid entries such as `fs/promises` and `path/win32` while allowing
unsupported paths to use compiled-module resolution.
Apply the same fix in `@crates/perry/src/commands/compile/cjs_wrap/wrap.rs` around
lines 300 - 310.
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| // #sdxgen: Node.js built-in modules that were NOT hoisted as static | ||
| // imports (see the builtin_requires filter above). Resolve them via | ||
| // createRequire at runtime, which calls js_create_native_module_namespace | ||
| // under the hood — the same path Node.js uses for require("process"). | ||
| if (__perry_cjs_require_is_builtin(specifier)) {{ | ||
| return __perry_cjs_create_require({module_path_literal})(specifier); | ||
| }} |
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import re
constants = Path("crates/perry-hir/src/ir/constants.rs").read_text()
wrapper = Path("crates/perry/src/commands/compile/cjs_wrap/wrap.rs").read_text()
shared_block = re.search(
r'pub const NODE_BUILTIN_MODULES: &\[&str\] = &\[(.*?)\];',
constants, re.S
).group(1)
shared = re.findall(r'"([^"]+)"', shared_block)
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r'function __perry_cjs_require_is_builtin\(specifier\) \{\{(.*?)default:\s*return false;',
wrapper, re.S
).group(1)
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bare = sorted(x[5:] if x.startswith("node:") else x for x in generated)
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runtime = Path("crates/perry-runtime/src/process.rs").read_text()
wrapper = Path("crates/perry/src/commands/compile/cjs_wrap/wrap.rs").read_text()
runtime_block = re.search(
r'pub\(crate\) const MODULE_BUILTIN_MODULES: &\[&str\] = &\[(.*?)\];',
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r'function __perry_cjs_require_is_builtin\(specifier\) \{\{(.*?)default:\s*return false;',
wrapper, re.S
).group(1)
wrapper_cases = set(re.findall(r"case '([^']+)'", switch_block))
def runtime_supported(spec):
if spec.startswith("node:node:") or spec.removeprefix("node:").startswith("_"):
return False
name = spec[5:] if spec.startswith("node:") else spec
if name in {"sea", "sqlite", "test", "test/reporters"}:
return spec.startswith("node:")
return name in runtime_entries
candidates = sorted({
entry if entry.startswith("node:") else entry
for entry in runtime_entries
if not entry.startswith("_")
} | {
"node:" + entry
for entry in runtime_entries
if not entry.startswith("_") and not entry.startswith("node:")
})
missing = [spec for spec in candidates if runtime_supported(spec) and spec not in wrapper_cases]
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Align computed CJS built-in detection with runtime-supported specifiers.
__perry_cjs_require_is_builtin omits supported modules such as dgram, diagnostics_channel, fs/promises, inspector, repl, stream/web, tls, v8, vm, and wasi, including their node: spellings. It also omits node:sea and node:sqlite. Computed require and require.resolve calls for these specifiers bypass the runtime builtin resolver. Generate this predicate from the runtime-supported spelling set, while preserving scheme-only behavior for node:sea, node:sqlite, node:test, and node:test/reporters.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.
In `@crates/perry/src/commands/compile/cjs_wrap/wrap.rs` around lines 944 - 950,
The __perry_cjs_require_is_builtin predicate should be generated from the
complete runtime-supported CJS builtin spelling set, including dgram,
diagnostics_channel, fs/promises, inspector, repl, stream/web, tls, v8, vm,
wasi, and their node: forms. Include node:sea and node:sqlite while preserving
scheme-only handling for node:sea, node:sqlite, node:test, and
node:test/reporters, so computed require and require.resolve use the runtime
builtin resolver.
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…apped modules (#8343) * fix(cjs-wrap): resolve Node.js built-in requires via createRequire at runtime The CJS-to-ESM wrap hoists require("process") and other Node.js built-in requires as static ESM imports. The codegen does not initialize native-module import bindings inside CJS-wrapped modules, so the hoisted binding is undefined at runtime — causing ReferenceError when the module tries to use it. Three changes in wrap.rs: 1. Don't adopt aliases for built-in specs. Keeping the alias un-adopted means the declaration (e.g. let node_process = require("process")) stays in the IIFE body and goes through the synthetic require function. 2. Don't blank built-in alias declarations in the hoisted-classes path. Same rationale: the declaration must survive so the synthetic require handles it. 3. Use createRequire for built-in modules in the synthetic require function. Both the per-spec cases and a runtime fallback check __perry_cjs_require_is_builtin and resolve via __perry_cjs_create_require(path)(specifier), which calls js_create_native_module_namespace under the hood. Also fixes circular-dependency detection to use globalThis.process?.emitWarning?.() instead of process.emitWarning(), which crashes when process is not a global. Verified: a standalone CJS file with require("process"), require("os"), and require("path") now compiles and runs correctly, printing platform/os/path values. * fix(cjs-wrap): stop HIR from dropping built-in require bindings in wrapped modules #8341 made the CJS wrap route built-in requires (require("process")) through the synthetic require's createRequire arm instead of the hoisted static import binding, and skipped alias adoption/blanking for built-ins. But sdxgen still threw "ReferenceError: node_process is not defined" on every invocation because the HIR intercepted the require BEFORE the wrap's runtime path could run. Root cause: the HIR's destructuring var/let/const pass (register_native_fetch_and_streams / register_destructured_stream_ctors) rewrites `let node_process = require("process")` into a native-module namespace binding (register_require_namespace_binding then remove_local_binding), mirroring `import * as node_process from "process"`. This runs BEFORE call lowering, so the lookup_local("require") guard in try_require_literal never fires. The codegen does not initialize native-module import bindings inside CJS-wrapped modules, so node_process resolves to nothing at runtime -- the ReferenceError. Fix (three parts): 1. HIR: gate the destructuring native-require fast paths on require being the bare global (not shadowed by the wrap's synthetic function require), via a new require_is_shadowed_by_local helper that mirrors try_require_literal's guard. When shadowed, the require("<builtin>") call flows through to the synthetic require, which resolves builtins via createRequire. 2. wrap: stop emitting `import _req_N from '<builtin>'` for built-in specs -- the binding is never initialized and is now unreferenced. 3. wrap: the per-spec require case for builtins never references the (now nonexistent) import local -- always go through the createRequire-backed required_value, including the try-site branch (skip the typeof {local} === 'boolean' sentinel guard, which does not apply to builtins). Verified: minimal CJS witnesses (const p = require("process"); console.log(p.platform), the rolldown __toESM shape, and the destructured const { platform } = require("process")) compile, link, and print darwin. sdxgen --help exits 0.
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Fixes a CJS-wrap bug that blocks sdxgen (and any program whose deps use built-in requires through the wrap):
ReferenceError: node_process is not defined.Root cause
For built-in requires (
process,os,tty,async_hooks,util,readline,path), the CJS wrap generates ESM imports (import _req_0 from 'process'), but the HIR's native-module resolution drops those imports entirely without generating the native module namespace initialization to replace them. Meanwhile the wrap's alias-blanking still blankslet node_process = require("process"). Result: the alias is gone but the replacement binding_req_0doesn't exist, so any reference tonode_processthrowsReferenceError.Hit concretely by
@socketsecurity/lib'sexternal-pack.js:62(let node_process = require("process")) when compiling sdxgen.Fix
Skip built-in specs from both the import generation and the alias blanking, and rely on the synthetic require's existing
createRequirefallback for builtins:import _req_N from 'process'for built-in specs (these imports are dropped by HIR).let node_process = require("process")for built-in specs, so the require flows through the synthetic require.createRequire— that path is correct.Verified: sdxgen compiles AND links with this fix (plus the wasm-host and keep-alive provisioning fixes in #8337 / #8338), and
external-pack.js'snode_processresolves correctly instead of throwing.Summary by CodeRabbit
requireimports instead of incorrectly modifying them.