esm: add option to interpret __esModule like Babel

doc/api/cli.md

@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ If this flag is passed, the behavior can still be set to not abort through
 [`process.setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback()`][] (and through usage of the
 `domain` module that uses it).
 
+### `--cjs-import-interop`
+
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+Enables the CommonJS default export recognition.
+
 ### `--completion-bash`
 
 <!-- YAML
@@ -1545,6 +1553,7 @@ Node.js options that are allowed are:
 
 <!-- node-options-node start -->
 
+* `--cjs-import-interop`
 * `--conditions`, `-C`
 * `--diagnostic-dir`
 * `--disable-proto`

doc/api/esm.md

@@ -364,6 +364,11 @@ When importing [CommonJS modules](#commonjs-namespaces), the
 available, provided by static analysis as a convenience for better ecosystem
 compatibility.
 
+If `--cjs-import-interop` is provided and the imported CommonJS module has
+`__esModule` exports as a truthy value, then the CommonJS module is treated as
+derived from an ES module. In this case, the `module.exports.default` value is
+used as the default export instead of `module.exports`.
+
 ### `require`
 
 The CommonJS module `require` always treats the files it references as CommonJS.

lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js

@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ const { maybeCacheSourceMap } = require('internal/source_map/source_map_cache');
 const moduleWrap = internalBinding('module_wrap');
 const { ModuleWrap } = moduleWrap;
 const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
+const cjsImportInterop =
+    getOptionValue('--cjs-import-interop');
 const experimentalImportMetaResolve =
     getOptionValue('--experimental-import-meta-resolve');
 const asyncESM = require('internal/process/esm_loader');
@@ -194,6 +196,14 @@ translators.set('commonjs', async function commonjsStrategy(url, source,
       }
     }
 
+    // We might trigger a getter -> dont fail.
+    let esModule = false;
+    if (cjsImportInterop) {
+      try {
+        esModule = !!exports.__esModule;
+      } catch {}
+    }
+
     for (const exportName of exportNames) {
       if (!ObjectPrototypeHasOwnProperty(exports, exportName) ||
           exportName === 'default')
@@ -205,7 +215,7 @@ translators.set('commonjs', async function commonjsStrategy(url, source,
       } catch {}
       this.setExport(exportName, value);
     }
-    this.setExport('default', exports);
+    this.setExport('default', esModule ? exports.default : exports);
   });
 });
 

src/node_options.cc

@@ -292,6 +292,10 @@ DebugOptionsParser::DebugOptionsParser() {
 }
 
 EnvironmentOptionsParser::EnvironmentOptionsParser() {
+  AddOption("--cjs-import-interop",
+            "Supports interop for modules with __esModule",
+            &EnvironmentOptions::cjs_import_interop,
+            kAllowedInEnvironment);
   AddOption("--conditions",
             "additional user conditions for conditional exports and imports",
             &EnvironmentOptions::conditions,

src/node_options.h

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class EnvironmentOptions : public Options {
   std::vector<std::string> conditions;
   std::string dns_result_order;
   bool enable_source_maps = false;
+  bool cjs_import_interop = false;
   bool experimental_json_modules = false;
   bool experimental_modules = false;
   std::string experimental_specifier_resolution;

test/es-module/test-esm-cjs-exports.js

@@ -20,6 +20,21 @@ child.on('close', common.mustCall((code, signal) => {
   assert.strictEqual(stdout, 'ok\n');
 }));
 
+const entryInterop = fixtures.path('/es-modules/cjs-exports-interop.mjs');
+
+child = spawn(process.execPath, ['--cjs-import-interop', entryInterop]);
+child.stderr.setEncoding('utf8');
+let stdout2 = '';
+child.stdout.setEncoding('utf8');
+child.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+  stdout2 += data;
+});
+child.on('close', common.mustCall((code, signal) => {
+  assert.strictEqual(code, 0);
+  assert.strictEqual(signal, null);
+  assert.strictEqual(stdout2, 'ok\n');
+}));
+
 const entryInvalid = fixtures.path('/es-modules/cjs-exports-invalid.mjs');
 child = spawn(process.execPath, [entryInvalid]);
 let stderr = '';

test/fixtures/es-modules/cjs-exports-interop.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { strictEqual, deepEqual } from 'assert';
+
+import m, { π } from './exports-cases.js';
+import * as ns from './exports-cases.js';
+
+deepEqual(Object.keys(ns), ['?invalid', 'default', 'invalid identifier', 'isObject', 'package', 'z', 'π', '\u{d83c}\u{df10}']);
+strictEqual(π, 'yes');
+strictEqual(typeof m.isObject, 'undefined');
+strictEqual(m.π, 'yes');
+strictEqual(m.z, 'yes');
+strictEqual(m.package, 10);
+strictEqual(m['invalid identifier'], 'yes');
+strictEqual(m['?invalid'], 'yes');
+
+import m2, { __esModule as __esModule2, name as name2 } from './exports-cases2.js';
+import * as ns2 from './exports-cases2.js';
+
+strictEqual(__esModule2, true);
+strictEqual(name2, 'name');
+strictEqual(typeof ns2, 'object');
+strictEqual(m2, 'the default');
+strictEqual(ns2.__esModule, true);
+strictEqual(ns2.name, 'name');
+deepEqual(Object.keys(ns2), ['__esModule', 'case2', 'default', 'name', 'pi']);
+
+import m3, { __esModule as __esModule3, name as name3 } from './exports-cases3.js';
+import * as ns3 from './exports-cases3.js';
+
+strictEqual(__esModule3, true);
+strictEqual(name3, 'name');
+deepEqual(Object.keys(ns3), ['__esModule', 'case2', 'default', 'name', 'pi']);
+strictEqual(m3, 'the default');
+strictEqual(ns3.__esModule, true);
+strictEqual(ns3.name, 'name');
+strictEqual(ns3.case2, 'case2');
+
+console.log('ok');