commonjs-extension-resolution-loader breaks packages using module and exports.* fields

[wojtekmaj]

Because commonjs-extension-resolution-loader relies on resolve/async which is an implementation of require.resolve(), specifying it as a Node.js loader causes ESM packages to break.

For example,

index.js

import isValidAbn from 'is-valid-abn';

works fine with node --experimental-specifier-resolution=node index.js, but with node --experimental-loader=./commonjs-extension-resolution-loader index.js breaks with:

file:///…/index.js:2
import isValidAbn from 'is-valid-abn';
       ^^^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: The requested module 'is-valid-abn' does not provide an export named 'default'
    at ModuleJob._instantiate (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:123:21)
    at async ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:189:5)
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:530:24)
    at async loadESM (node:internal/process/esm_loader:91:5)
    at async handleMainPromise (node:internal/modules/run_main:65:12)

What makes the error go away:

• Monkey patching main field in is-valid-abn's package.json to point to ESM entry file
• Monkey patching resolve package to include:

    if (pkg && pkg.module) {
        if (typeof pkg.module !== 'string') {
            var mainError = new TypeError('package “' + pkg.name + '” `main` must be a string');
            mainError.code = 'INVALID_PACKAGE_MAIN';
            return cb(mainError);
        }
        if (pkg.module === '.' || pkg.module === './') {
            pkg.module = 'index';
        }
        loadAsFile(path.resolve(x, pkg.module), pkg, function (err, m, pkg) {
            if (err) return cb(err);
            if (m) return cb(null, m, pkg);
            if (!pkg) return loadAsFile(path.join(x, 'index'), pkg, cb);
  
            var dir = path.resolve(x, pkg.module);
            loadAsDirectory(dir, pkg, function (err, n, pkg) {
                if (err) return cb(err);
                if (n) return cb(null, n, pkg);
                loadAsFile(path.join(x, 'index'), pkg, cb);
            });
        });
        return;
    }

This, obviously, doesn't get the support for exports field back.

[nopeless]

I was using this package, so I had to find solutions as well

This seems to work https://www.npmjs.com/package/extensionless

disclaimer: I'm not involved with the project