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Bare specifiers definition. #53022

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https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v20.x/api/esm.html#terminology

Description of the problem

"Bare specifiers like 'some-package' or 'some-package/shuffle'. They can refer to the main entry point of a package by the package name, or a specific feature module within a package prefixed by the package name as per the examples respectively. Including the file extension is only necessary for packages without an "exports" field."

Incorrect, including the file extension in bare specifiers is not necessary for packages with "main" field.

Example:

index.mjs:

import * as module from 'mymodule'
module.greet();

node_modules/mymodule/index.mjs:

export function greet() {
    console.log('Hello from module!');
}

node_modules/mymodule/package.json:

{
  "name": "mymodule",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "index.mjs",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "description": ""
}
node index.mjs

Hello from module!

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