also in Script, or just Module?

[ljharb]

import() works in both Scripts and Modules. Should asset work in Scripts, for the same reasons?

[sebmarkbage]

Good question. I think there is an interesting overlap with import maps. Particularly “import:” URLs or something like it. The larger story around how URLs will work in the larger web platform can be informative of how it could work in scripts.

[bmeck]

if this syntax works in a way that requires IO/async ops to perform resolution before starting code evaluation I don't think this would work for Scripts since they are expected for run synchronously.

[ljharb]

I would assume the synchronous form is not available in Scripts, but the asynchronous one should work, just like import() does.

[bmeck]

@ljharb is this mostly about consistency? If the location operations are not timed specifically we can still produce the reference synchronously.

[ljharb]

Yes, I think a lack of consistency will be confusing, including in terms of thinking about the phases in ESM.

[bmeck]

including in terms of thinking about the phases in ESM.

Can you explain how these values are directly tied in part to the phases of ESM?

[ljharb]

With static forms, i expect that all imports are fully resolved and valid before any actual code evaluates. import ‘nonexistent’ throws before anything is evaluated; I’d expect asset from ‘nonexistent’ to do the same.