requireNative doesn't depend on rest of module system

src/node.js

@@ -104,22 +104,32 @@ var module = (function () {
  // Like, natives.fs is the contents of lib/fs.js
  var natives = process.binding('natives');
 
- function loadNative (id) {
+ // Native modules don't need a full require function. So we can bootstrap
+ // most of the system with this mini-require.
+ function requireNative (id) {
+ if (internalModuleCache[id]) return internalModuleCache[id].exports;
+ if (!natives[id]) throw new Error('No such native module ' + id);
+
+ // REPL is a special case, because it needs the real require.
+ if (id == 'repl') {
+ var replModule = new Module("repl");
+ replModule._compile(natives.repl, 'repl.js');
+ internalModuleCache.repl = replModule;
+ return replModule.exports;
+ }
+
+ var fn = process.compile(
+ "(function (exports, require) {" + natives[id] + "\n})",
+ id + '.js');
  var m = new Module(id);
+ fn(m.exports, requireNative);
+ m.loaded = true;
  internalModuleCache[id] = m;
- var e = m._compile(natives[id], id+".js");
- if (e) throw e; // error compiling native module
- return m;
+ return m.exports;
  }
 
  exports.requireNative = requireNative;
 
- function requireNative (id) {
- if (internalModuleCache[id]) return internalModuleCache[id].exports;
- if (!natives[id]) throw new Error('No such native module ' + id);
- return loadNative(id).exports;
- }
-
 
  // Modules
 
@@ -230,7 +240,7 @@ var module = (function () {
  }
  if (natives[id]) {
  debug('load native module ' + request);
- return loadNative(id).exports;
+ return requireNative(id);
  }
 
  var cachedModule = moduleCache[filename];