Why doesn't VSCode use require.js directly?

[vikyd]

Why doesn't VSCode use require.js directly?

[jinwenhua]

I wonder if you can slove the problem when I use require.js directly?
ReferenceError: define is not defined
at NLSLoaderPlugin (d:\gitbook\IDEbook\search\output\vs\nls.js:152:5)
at Object. (d:\gitbook\IDEbook\search\output\vs\nls.js:153:3)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)
at Object. (d:\gitbook\IDEbook\search\output\vs\platform\workspaces\common\workspaces.js:9:15)
Waiting for the debugger to disconnect...

[aztack]

I wonder if you can slove the problem when I use require.js directly?
ReferenceError: define is not defined
at NLSLoaderPlugin (d:\gitbook\IDEbook\search\output\vs\nls.js:152:5)
at Object. (d:\gitbook\IDEbook\search\output\vs\nls.js:153:3)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)
at Object. (d:\gitbook\IDEbook\search\output\vs\platform\workspaces\common\workspaces.js:9:15)
Waiting for the debugger to disconnect...

<script type="text/javascript" src="loader.js"></script>
<script>
    globalThis.define = loader;
</script>

[aztack]

Why doesn't VSCode use require.js directly?

The vscode-loader supports multiple environment(node, web, electron and web worker) and can switch different implementation automatically. Maybe this is the reason.