Support ES6 Module Format?

[MeirionHughes]

The current exports are proving to be a little difficult to use within TypeScript + System.js module loader. Specifically, the way dcodeIO/* export a default function seem to make it problematic (both when typed out in TypeScript and then when you try to use it in System.JS). (I think this is the relevant issue: microsoft/TypeScript#5073)

Would it be possible to have a separate es6-module format library?

[tmc]

@MeirionHughes why close this?

[MeirionHughes]

Well its something I suggested while struggling to get this working via JSPM, system.js and TypeScript, I fixed the import issue in the end though; (typings on dt are wrong). I'll reopen if its useful.

[backspaces]

TL;DR: Does protobuf work with es6 modules via system.js?

Details:
I can see JSPM would be over-kill. Ditto webpack, browserify and the others. God, we spend way too much effort on workflow!

I've converted to using just system.js and, alas, babel-cli with transform-es2015-modules-systemjs. The latter only transforms import/export for system.js. Hopefully <script type="module"... will land soon!

I use package.json for my build tool .. yup I really do hate workflow! The two sets of transformations, src/ and test/apps/ are built via:

"build:as": "babel --plugins transform-es2015-modules-systemjs src -d lib",
"build:test": "babel --plugins transform-es2015-modules-systemjs test/apps -d test/lib",
"build": "npm run build:as && npm run build:test",

All this leads to the question: Does protobuf work with es6 modules via system.js? I've successfully used lots of non-es6 libraries using import.

[dcodeIO]

Closing this for now.

protobuf.js 6.0.0

Feel free to send a pull request if this is still a requirement.