xref: /third_party/node/lib/internal/main/run_main_module.js

'use strict';

const { RegExpPrototypeExec } = primordials;

const {
  prepareMainThreadExecution,
  markBootstrapComplete,
} = require('internal/process/pre_execution');
const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');

const mainEntry = prepareMainThreadExecution(true);

markBootstrapComplete();

// Necessary to reset RegExp statics before user code runs.
RegExpPrototypeExec(/^/, '');

if (getOptionValue('--experimental-default-type') === 'module') {
  require('internal/modules/run_main').executeUserEntryPoint(mainEntry);
} else {
  /**
   * To support legacy monkey-patching of `Module.runMain`, we call `runMain` here to have the CommonJS loader begin
   * the execution of the main entry point, even if the ESM loader immediately takes over because the main entry is an
   * ES module or one of the other opt-in conditions (such as the use of `--import`) are met. Users can monkey-patch
   * before the main entry point is loaded by doing so via scripts loaded through `--require`. This monkey-patchability
   * is undesirable and is removed in `--experimental-default-type=module` mode.
   */
  require('internal/modules/cjs/loader').Module.runMain(mainEntry);
}