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authorUlf Hermann <ulf.hermann@qt.io>2021-09-27 11:00:20 +0200
committerQt Cherry-pick Bot <cherrypick_bot@qt-project.org>2021-09-28 01:17:50 +0000
commitbcce8187542d45b8986bd53cda3827d46badb82d (patch)
treed64330e918004d9ba7af983d5b4e660a3a2a4dea
parent657ce3c37e2aafd35ae3fba408620177f8bc0a1b (diff)
Fix documentation on JavaScript imports
Actually export the functions we use, clarify that import and .import are different, and discourage .import. Fixes: QTBUG-96902 Change-Id: I2471d876c83da3d2110add6005d54311d9261566 Reviewed-by: Maximilian Goldstein <max.goldstein@qt.io> (cherry picked from commit 29946505a35f9f52ddc4f3e09e40c52efefad93d) Reviewed-by: Qt Cherry-pick Bot <cherrypick_bot@qt-project.org>
-rw-r--r--src/qml/doc/snippets/qml/integrating-javascript/includejs/script.mjs3
-rw-r--r--src/qml/doc/src/javascript/imports.qdoc13
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/qml/doc/snippets/qml/integrating-javascript/includejs/script.mjs b/src/qml/doc/snippets/qml/integrating-javascript/includejs/script.mjs
index 86c3e078c8..1326b8c87a 100644
--- a/src/qml/doc/snippets/qml/integrating-javascript/includejs/script.mjs
+++ b/src/qml/doc/snippets/qml/integrating-javascript/includejs/script.mjs
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@
//![0]
// script.mjs
import { factorial } from "factorial.mjs"
+export { factorial }
-function showCalculations(value) {
+export function showCalculations(value) {
console.log(
"Call factorial() from script.js:",
factorial(value));
diff --git a/src/qml/doc/src/javascript/imports.qdoc b/src/qml/doc/src/javascript/imports.qdoc
index 9227f0e604..8d49c02f62 100644
--- a/src/qml/doc/src/javascript/imports.qdoc
+++ b/src/qml/doc/src/javascript/imports.qdoc
@@ -95,17 +95,18 @@ or modules).
A JavaScript resource may import another in the following fashion:
\code
-.import "filename.js" as Qualifier
+import * as MathFunctions from "factorial.mjs";
\endcode
-For example:
+Or:
\code
-import * as MathFunctions from "factorial.mjs";
+.import "filename.js" as Qualifier
\endcode
-The latter is standard ECMAScript syntax for importing ECMAScript modules, and
+The former is standard ECMAScript syntax for importing ECMAScript modules, and
only works from within ECMAScript modules as denoted by the \c mjs file
-extension. The former is an extension to JavaScript provided by the \c QML
-engine and will work also with non-modules.
+extension. The latter is an extension to JavaScript provided by the \c QML
+engine and will work also with non-modules. As an extension superseded by the
+ECMAScript standard, its usage is discouraged.
When a JavaScript file is imported this way, it is imported with a qualifier.
The functions in that file are then accessible from the importing script via the