Incompatibility with use.js

[iaincarsberg]

Was testing out your amd loader over my lunch break, not sure if this is the right place for my query, but there is an incompatibility with use.js*, which is an addon for requireJs designed to allow non-amd scripts to be used within an amd context.

Its pretty handy as it allows libraries such as backbone, underscore and jquery to be easily used within an amd context.

I started hacking on it with the goal of getting it working in requirejs and needs but I encountered a bug when calling the nested req function on https://github.com/tbranyen/use.js/blob/master/use.js#L37

I'm not sure if there is something I've over looked, as I only spend 30 minutes playing, or an incompatibility with needs when using a load function which has nested require calls.

• https://github.com/tbranyen/use.js

[iaincarsberg]

I've made a quick demo gist if that helps https://gist.github.com/af1f1cad47631dae0dda I've popped in some console.logs to highlight where I think the issue is occurring.

Would be great to get your thoughts on the matter.

Thanks.

ps. Needs looks pretty awesome :D

[gigafied]

Thanks for logging this, and thanks a ton for the demo gist.

I see what the problem is. Currently if you require "someModule", and "someModule" is not written as an AMD module, then the callback function never gets invoked.

This is obviously, the entire point of the use plugin, and it should be supported. RequireJS allows anything to be required() and calls the callback function when the file finishes loading. Needs doesn't work this way currently.

I'm in the middle of rewriting some of the load logic, and I'll make sure I tackle this along with it.

Thanks for the feedback :)

[iaincarsberg]

Ah awesome, and nps.

Looking forward to the update :D