fix: remove explicit dependency on vue-template-compiler (fixes #297) (#305)

fix: remove explicit dependency on vue-template-compiler (fixes #297)

Author: paulgv

package.json

@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@
     "cookie": "^0.3.1",
     "js-cookie": "^2.2.0",
     "vue-i18n": "^8.11.2",
-    "vue-i18n-extensions": "^0.2.1",
-    "vue-template-compiler": "^2.6.10"
+    "vue-i18n-extensions": "^0.2.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime": "7.4.4",

src/helpers/components.js

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ const { COMPONENT_OPTIONS_KEY } = require('./constants')
 
 const acorn = require('acorn')
 const walker = require('acorn-walk')
+// Must not be an explicit dependency to avoid version mismatch issue.
+// See https://github.com/nuxt-community/nuxt-i18n/issues/297
 const compiler = require('vue-template-compiler')
 
 exports.extractComponentOptions = (path) => {

src/index.js

@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ module.exports = function (userOptions) {
   // Generate localized routes
   const pagesDir = this.options.dir && this.options.dir.pages ? this.options.dir.pages : 'pages'
   this.extendRoutes((routes) => {
+    // This import (or more specifically 'vue-template-compiler' in helpers/components.js) needs to
+    // be required only at build time to avoid problems when 'vue-template-compiler' dependency is
+    // not available (at runtime, when using nuxt-start).
     const { makeRoutes } = require('./helpers/routes')
 
     const localizedRoutes = makeRoutes(routes, {