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doc: package main can be directory with an index
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This behavior dates back to 2011 but was not documented.

PR-URL: nodejs#11581
Reviewed-By: Bradley Farias <bradley.meck@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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bmeck authored and italoacasas committed Mar 14, 2017
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3. If X.json is a file, parse X.json to a JavaScript Object. STOP
4. If X.node is a file, load X.node as binary addon. STOP
LOAD_INDEX(X)
1. If X/index.js is a file, load X/index.js as JavaScript text. STOP
2. If X/index.json is a file, parse X/index.json to a JavaScript object. STOP
3. If X/index.node is a file, load X/index.node as binary addon. STOP
LOAD_AS_DIRECTORY(X)
1. If X/package.json is a file,
a. Parse X/package.json, and look for "main" field.
b. let M = X + (json main field)
c. LOAD_AS_FILE(M)
2. If X/index.js is a file, load X/index.js as JavaScript text. STOP
3. If X/index.json is a file, parse X/index.json to a JavaScript object. STOP
4. If X/index.node is a file, load X/index.node as binary addon. STOP
d. LOAD_INDEX(M)
2. LOAD_INDEX(X)
LOAD_NODE_MODULES(X, START)
1. let DIRS=NODE_MODULES_PATHS(START)
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