This might sound like a rookie question, but why d...

# javascript

[andylamax]

This might sound like a rookie question, but why doesn't the kotlin js compiler spit individual js files from individual kotlin files?

e.g.

src/main/kotlin
  + com.package.name
    - main.kt
    - test.kt
    - people.kt

to be split into say

build/intermediate/js
  + com.package.name
     - main.js
     - test.js
     - people.js

And then let webpack pickup from there?
What are the caveats?

[turansky]

1. Single file - simple npm library emulation (by id)
2. Different libraries can use same packages
3. Simple shared sideeffect injection (in single file)

[andylamax]

1. I think not. One npm library can have multiple files. In this case, it'll be multiple files in one npm module. id'ed by say the gradle module name
2. That ain't a problem at all with npm AFAIK, different modules can share same folder structures
i.e.

build/intermediate/js
  + module_A
    + com/package/name
      - main.js
      - test.js
      - people.js
  + module_B
    + com/package/name
      - main.js
      - test.js
      - people.js

3. I don't fully grasp what you mean there

[turansky]

One npm library can have multiple files

Yes, if this library located in node_modules 🙂

[turansky]

I don’t fully grasp what you mean there

3. For example you want to add polyfill at library start

[andylamax]

I see. and how does the kotlin compiler solve this by now?

[turansky]

It creates single file 🙂

[andylamax]

hahahahahahaha