Compiling for nodes aborts with "SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module"

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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, node.js, python
Domain
compilers

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Start with the reproducible command using nodejs_demo.py and inspect the generated target/nodejs_demo.js under Node 14.17.3. Compare the compilation output with Node's module expectations and confirm the result by rerunning node ./target/nodejs_demo.js without the import syntax error.

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Description

IS: demo SUB: documentation

I'm trying to use the sample nodejs_demo.py with node, so I compile it with

transcrypt -b -p .none  nodejs_demo.py

However when I run this as

node ./__target__/nodejs_demo.js

I get the error "SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module".

How can I fix this?

Environment

  • Transcrypt 3.9.0
  • Node 14.17.3
Dominant language
Python
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