attempts to load the module from that location.
If it is not found there, then it moves to the parent directory, and so
-on, until the root of the tree is reached.
+on, until the root of the file system is reached.
For example, if the file at `'/home/ry/projects/foo.js'` called
`require('bar.js')`, then node would look in the following locations, in
b. let M = X + (json main field)
c. LOAD_AS_FILE(M)
2. If X/index.js is a file, load X/index.js as JavaScript text. STOP
- 3. If X/index.node is a file, load X/index.node as binary addon. STOP
+ 3. If X/index.json is a file, parse X/index.json to a JavaScript object. STOP
+ 4. If X/index.node is a file, load X/index.node as binary addon. STOP
LOAD_NODE_MODULES(X, START)
1. let DIRS=NODE_MODULES_PATHS(START)
NODE_MODULES_PATHS(START)
1. let PARTS = path split(START)
- 2. let ROOT = index of first instance of "node_modules" in PARTS, or 0
- 3. let I = count of PARTS - 1
- 4. let DIRS = []
- 5. while I > ROOT,
+ 2. let I = count of PARTS - 1
+ 3. let DIRS = []
+ 4. while I >= 0,
a. if PARTS[I] = "node_modules" CONTINUE
c. DIR = path join(PARTS[0 .. I] + "node_modules")
b. DIRS = DIRS + DIR
c. let I = I - 1
- 6. return DIRS
+ 5. return DIRS
## Loading from the global folders