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require-precompiled
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Require extension that allows for caching/precompiling
$ npm install --save require-precompiled
const installPrecompiler = require('require-precompiled');
const cache = require('my-cache-implementation');
installPrecompiler(filename => {
if (cache.hasEntryFor(filename)) {
return cache.getPrecompiledCode(filename);
}
// fall through to underlying extension chain;
return null;
});
// Any module required from this point on will be checked against the cache.
const foo = require('some-module');
Type: Function(string: filename)
Return string
contents for a cache hit, or null
for a miss.
MIT © James Talmage
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Require extension that allows for caching/precompiling
The npm package require-precompiled receives a total of 48,959 weekly downloads. As such, require-precompiled popularity was classified as popular.
We found that require-precompiled demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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