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Provide a specialized error on top-level await and --module node12
See original GitHub issueUnder node12, a top-level await results in
Top-level 'await' expressions are only allowed when the 'module' option is set to 'es2022', 'esnext', 'system', or 'nodenext', and the 'target' option is set to 'es2017' or higher.
This error message has too much text. We should consider specializing these cases for
- ES modules < es2022
- Node modules < nodenext
The module setting '{0}' does not support top-level 'await' expressions. Consider switching to '{1}'.
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- Created 2 years ago
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- Comments:7 (6 by maintainers)
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TLA is actually allowed in only in esm mode
nodenextfiles, since latest node allows TLA in esm - we have tests to that effect - a specialized error for cjs mode files would be good, though.Just as a heads up, #46149 is updating the logic here as well.