An Export After export default Is Refused

Status: refused by design

export default 1; export const is not FunctionalScript. export default 1; export const a = 2; is valid JavaScript, and fjs compile refuses it by design: the demo below shows what it prints.

A module reads in one order: imports first, then constants, then export default, last. JavaScript lets the statements stand in any order; FunctionalScript keeps the one, so a reader finds the module's answer at its end (module structure).

The row mod.export-after-default of refused constructs registers the refusal, and module structure gives its reason.

Examples

export default 1;
export const a = 2;

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

Move export default to the end of the module, as alternative.f.js does:

export const a = 2;
export default 1;

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:2:1 - error: unexpected token
2 | export const a = 2;
  | ^

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

sample.mjs:2:1 - error: nothing follows `export default` in a FunctionalScript module
2 | export const a = 2;
  | ^^^^^^ JavaScript exports `a` after the default here
  = help: move `export default` to the end of the module:
          export default 1;
  = note: refused by design, see spec/modules/export-after-default/README.md

JavaScript source, sample.mjs:

export default 1;
export const a = 2;

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 exports, `export default` last
 * ([`README.md`](./README.md)).
 *
 * @module
 */

export const a = 2;
export default 1;

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

export const a=2;export default 1;

What it answers, its default export:

1

Emergent Testing

Idle. Press Run to start the suite.

  • ./proof.f.mjs