Overriding default helpers does not always work

[vdininski]

Not sure, but I think there might be a race condition when loading helpers (default and custom/overrides). My exact use case is the following:

• create a custom helper override (e.g. linkify)
• run the jsdoc-to-markdown with the necessary parameters

Occasionally the default helpers is used instead of the override. Not sure whether I should post this here or in jsdoc-to-markdown, but seeing that it concerns a dmd helper I decide this would be a better place.

[75lb]

i need to try and reproduce this, do you have some code i can check out and run?

[vdininski]

What I am doing is simply creating and loading a helper named linkify and using it in a custom template. Then I am expecting to see the value processed by my helper. However occasionally the value from the original helper is displayed.

[75lb]

i just upgraded the way overriding helpers works.. i have been testing and i can't reproduce this with the latest code..

i added this linker override (notice the helper file structure has changed, now it's just a standard module). If you pull the latest code and run this in your dmd fork, you should see the output from the overridden helper:

$ cat test/fixture/file-set.json | dmd --helper test/overrides/helpers.js

i ran it many times, and with different input file, and failed to see the race condition.. how about you? what's the status with this issue?