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23 changes: 22 additions & 1 deletion cli.js
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Expand Up @@ -88,7 +88,28 @@ if (hasFlag('--clear')) {
}
})
replHistory(replServer, TRYMODULE_HISTORY_PATH)
replServer.context = Object.assign(replServer.context, contextPackages)
Object.keys(contextPackages).forEach(as => {
var pkg = contextPackages[as]
// special-case assignment to _ so that it returns
// the required package (e.g. lodash) rather than the
// value of the last expression
if (as === '_') {
Object.defineProperty(replServer.context, as, {
configurable: true,
enumerable: false,
get: function () { return pkg },
// allow (temporary) assignment to _:
//
// > _ = 42
// 42
// > _.each
// [Function: forEach]
set: function (val) { return val }
})
} else {
replServer.context[as] = pkg
}
})
}
})
}
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion readme.md
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Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Downloads the module colors if needed, and starts a nodejs REPL with colors load

Same as above but with many packages in one go!

`trymodule colors=c lodash=l`
`trymodule colors=c lodash=_`

Assign packages to custom variable names.

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