export let Is Refused

Status: refused by design

export let is not FunctionalScript. export let a = 1; is valid JavaScript, and fjs compile refuses it by design: the demo below shows what it prints.

FunctionalScript admits local and module-level variables, but exports expose immutable values rather than live mutable bindings. Export a const snapshot of the selected value; export let remains refused.

The row mod.export-let of refused constructs registers the refusal; exports describes the admitted forms.

Examples

export let a = 1;
export default a;

The demo on this page compiles sample.mjs, the module above, with this build's fjs compile, and shows the line it prints and the token it refuses. Below that it shows what JavaScript answers for the same module: 1.

What to Write Instead

Export a const, as alternative.f.js does:

export const a = 1;
export default a;

It answers 1.

A Better Message

Today fjs compile prints unexpected token at the refused token. The demo proposes what it should print instead: the reason at the same token, what JavaScript does there, and the allowed spelling, the line alternative.f.js writes, as help. The page compiles the alternative too, so the suggestion is one the compiler accepts.

Reference

Demo

Not allowed in FunctionalScript

This is valid JavaScript, and fjs compile refuses it, by design: it is not a FunctionalScript module.

What fjs compile sample.mjs output.js prints:

sample.mjs:1:8 - error: unexpected token
1 | export let a = 1;
  |        ^

What it should print instead, pointing to what FunctionalScript allows (proposed):

sample.mjs:1:8 - error: `export let` is not FunctionalScript: an export is a `const`
1 | export let a = 1;
  |        ^^^ JavaScript exports a binding the module may change here
  = help: export a `const`:
          export const a = 1;
  = note: refused by design, see spec/modules/export-let/README.md

JavaScript source, sample.mjs:

export let a = 1;
export default a;

What JavaScript answers for the same module, its default export:

1

What to write instead

The FunctionalScript spelling, alternative.f.js:

/**
 * The FunctionalScript spelling of [`sample.mjs`](./sample.mjs): the same export, a `const`
 * ([`README.md`](./README.md)).
 *
 * @module
 */

export const a = 1;
export default a;

What fjs compile alternative.f.js output.js writes:

export const a=1;export default 1;

What it answers, its default export:

1

Emergent Testing

Idle. Press Run to start the suite.

  • ./proof.f.mjs