Feature Request: CommonJS Support (Drop ESM / Babel Requirement)

[jmealo]

Hello!

I'm a huge fan of your work and use got everywhere I go.

Use case: I don't transpile my code or use typescript; I make use require-in-the-middle and cannot easily switch my type in package.json to module nor change all of my require to import.

I'm not seeing a way to use this module in Node 14 unless my project is 100% ESM and/or using Babel.

Am I missing something?

Thanks for your great work!

[sindresorhus]

Then I suggest just staying on the older version. I don't intend to add back CommonJS compatibility. You should prepare for ESM though, as at the end of April, me and many other maintainers intend to move all their packages to ESM: https://blog.sindresorhus.com/get-ready-for-esm-aa53530b3f77

[jmealo]

@sindresorhus: ahhh, that makes sense! Thank you for sharing.

[sindresorhus]

You could also use import(…) to dynamically import the ESM module into CommonJS. That works.

[jmealo]

@sindresorhus: I really appreciate you taking the time to find a workaround given your stance on the subject.