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POhow do I use coffeescript's namespace code in Node?
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copied!<p>related: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8730859/classes-within-coffeescript-namespace">Classes within Coffeescript 'Namespace'</a></p> <p>OK so after reading that post I grabbed the namespace function and put it in its own file.</p> <p><code>namespace.coffee</code> </p> <pre><code>namespace = (target, name, block) -> [target, name, block] = [(if typeof exports isnt 'undefined' then exports else window), arguments...] if arguments.length < 3 top = target target = target[item] or= {} for item in name.split '.' block target, top console.log "created namespace "+ name root = exports ? window root.namespace = namespace </code></pre> <p>and then in Repl: </p> <pre><code>> namespace = require('./assets/js/namespace.js').namespace [Function] </code></pre> <p>If I toString() it it's correct. </p> <p>OK, so now I want to use it: <code>ns.coffee</code> (from Sandro's answer)</p> <pre><code>namespace = require('./namespace.js').namespace class MyFirstClass myFunc: () -> console.log 'works' class MySecondClass constructor: (@options = {}) -> myFunc: () -> console.log 'works too' console.log @options namespace "Project.Something", (exports) -> exports.MyFirstClass = MyFirstClass exports.MySecondClass = MySecondClass console.log 'done with exports' </code></pre> <p>Then I run it in Repl: </p> <blockquote> <p>ns = require('./assets/js/ns.js') # compiled ns.coffee<br> done with exports<br> created namespace Project.Something<br> {} </p> </blockquote> <p>It doesn't appear to be working: </p> <pre><code>> ns.MyFirstClass undefined > ns.MySecondClass undefined > ns.Project.Something.MySecondClass TypeError: Cannot read property 'Something' of undefined </code></pre> <p>Am I doing something wrong here? </p>

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