ESM module support

[JonasWijne]

main.ts

import { wordlists } from 'bip39';

console.log(wordlists['EN']);

i get multiple issues, since thisa is cjs, could this be made to work with esm

[junderw]

Pull requests are welcome.

I have successfully created some hybrid packages like uint8array-tools.

[JonasWijne]

made a repo where i reproduced the issue (https://github.com/jimbertools/vite-bip39), i looked at the problem for 2 days 🤣

[junderw]

Memo for possible solutions:

• Something like this commit might be helpful. re: wasm_path.ts vs. wasm_path_cjs.ts but this only forks the path logic.
• ESM would use import meta object and cjs use path join with __dirname... however readFileSync is a node-only concept, and not sure how bundlers would handle it... the above repo forks the browser / node logic further by just importing the wasm directly (webpack is able to understand this, and browsers too)...
• JSON modules are one way to do it. Chrome 91 contains support for json ESM modules. Another way would be to use fetch in the browser... but I am not sure how bundlers would support it.
  • An alternative would be to move away from json and convert the JSON files to files that export as default the JSON contents (by using sed during build step etc.)
    • This is problematic for people who want to exclude wordlists from their bundle. You would require a bundler with tree shaking.

[JonasWijne]

we made a simple ts lib with only what we needed, in the future we will make this feature parity with this lib and make a pull request or something

https://github.com/jimbertools/simple-bip39

[junderw]

I have a fork for this: https://github.com/nahoc10/bip39-esm-support

Pull requests welcome, but it seems like your fork completely breaks everything with no attempt to try and maintain compatibility via a hybrid model etc.

Also, you are violating the terms of the ISC license:

provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

You have completely removed the Copyright notice and the permission notice.

[aulneau]

as i commented in #170, there is @scure/bip39 which works in all modern bundlers, is much lighter, and supports ESM

-> https://github.com/paulmillr/scure-bip39