importer: Add 'clear_cache' function to allow reloading of modules.#136
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We used to do something similar in very old versions of cjs before linuxmint/cinnamon@f01bd803d5ae89.
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speed, fix backtrace uselessness.
- Drop 'custom' importer code, use native cjs importer
- Leave compatibility functions for require() and module.exports
Fixes/improves:
- Faster Cinnamon startup (for my random configuration, ~1550ms down
to ~1200ms).
- Improved logging.
- More consistent code (use of deprecated features will start getting
flagged and/or blocked for PRs in Cinnamon and spice repositories.
- Previous code was practically unmaintainable by sane people.
Logging - where before we'd see this useless garbage:
(cinnamon:4334): St-CRITICAL **: 22:19:57.081: st_widget_get_theme_node called on the widget [0x622f6579b3c0 StLabel.hourly-data ("...")] which is not in the stage.
== Stack trace for context 0x622f63105b50 ==
0 7ffd484001c0 b /usr/share/cinnamon/js/misc/fileUtils.js line 211 > Function:19086 (359f8e6c9c0 @ 279)
1 622f632b5d08 i /usr/share/cinnamon/js/misc/fileUtils.js line 211 > Function:19059 (359f8e6c970 @ 23)
2 7ffd48400ca0 b /usr/share/cinnamon/js/misc/fileUtils.js line 211 > Function:18976 (359f8e6c6a0 @ 807)
3 622f632b5b68 i /usr/share/cinnamon/js/misc/fileUtils.js line 211 > Function:19550 (359f8e6d650 @ 104)
4 622f632b5ab8 i /usr/share/cinnamon/js/misc/fileUtils.js line 211 > Function:19842 (359f8e6e2e0 @ 681)
5 622f632b5a08 i self-hosted:1461 (1eb5245b46f0 @ 30)
6 7ffd484015a0 b self-hosted:852 (359f8e92dd0 @ 15)
we now get:
(cinnamon:4334): St-CRITICAL **: 22:20:36.263: st_widget_get_theme_node called on the widget [0x58cf71ab5180 StLabel.hourly-data ("...")] which is not in the stage.
== Stack trace for context 0x58cf6ee74250 ==
0 7fffae294e10 b /home/mtwebster/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/weather@mockturtl/3.8/weather-applet.js:19084 (387d8e1fd1a0 @ 279)
1 58cf6eeac1f8 i /home/mtwebster/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/weather@mockturtl/3.8/weather-applet.js:19057 (387d8e1fd150 @ 23)
2 7fffae2958f0 b /home/mtwebster/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/weather@mockturtl/3.8/weather-applet.js:18974 (387d8e1fce20 @ 807)
3 58cf6eeac058 i /home/mtwebster/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/weather@mockturtl/3.8/weather-applet.js:19548 (387d8e1fddd0 @ 104)
4 58cf6eeabfa8 i /home/mtwebster/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/weather@mockturtl/3.8/weather-applet.js:19840 (387d8e1fea60 @ 681)
5 58cf6eeabef8 i self-hosted:1461 (2daaca0bf470 @ 30)
6 7fffae2961f0 b self-hosted:852 (e85adf8c6a0 @ 15)
Requires linuxmint/cjs#136 for xlet 'reload'
functionality to work.
mtwebster
added a commit
to linuxmint/cinnamon
that referenced
this pull request
Jan 23, 2026
speed, fix backtrace uselessness.
- Drop 'custom' importer code, use native cjs importer
- Leave compatibility functions for require() and module.exports
Fixes/improves:
- Faster Cinnamon startup (for my random configuration, ~1550ms down
to ~1200ms).
- Improved logging.
- More consistent code (use of deprecated features will start getting
flagged and/or blocked for PRs in Cinnamon and spice repositories.
- Previous code was practically unmaintainable by sane people.
Logging - where before we'd see this useless garbage:
(cinnamon:4334): St-CRITICAL **: 22:19:57.081: st_widget_get_theme_node called on the widget [0x622f6579b3c0 StLabel.hourly-data ("...")] which is not in the stage.
== Stack trace for context 0x622f63105b50 ==
0 7ffd484001c0 b /usr/share/cinnamon/js/misc/fileUtils.js line 211 > Function:19086 (359f8e6c9c0 @ 279)
1 622f632b5d08 i /usr/share/cinnamon/js/misc/fileUtils.js line 211 > Function:19059 (359f8e6c970 @ 23)
2 7ffd48400ca0 b /usr/share/cinnamon/js/misc/fileUtils.js line 211 > Function:18976 (359f8e6c6a0 @ 807)
3 622f632b5b68 i /usr/share/cinnamon/js/misc/fileUtils.js line 211 > Function:19550 (359f8e6d650 @ 104)
4 622f632b5ab8 i /usr/share/cinnamon/js/misc/fileUtils.js line 211 > Function:19842 (359f8e6e2e0 @ 681)
5 622f632b5a08 i self-hosted:1461 (1eb5245b46f0 @ 30)
6 7ffd484015a0 b self-hosted:852 (359f8e92dd0 @ 15)
we now get:
(cinnamon:4334): St-CRITICAL **: 22:20:36.263: st_widget_get_theme_node called on the widget [0x58cf71ab5180 StLabel.hourly-data ("...")] which is not in the stage.
== Stack trace for context 0x58cf6ee74250 ==
0 7fffae294e10 b /home/mtwebster/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/weather@mockturtl/3.8/weather-applet.js:19084 (387d8e1fd1a0 @ 279)
1 58cf6eeac1f8 i /home/mtwebster/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/weather@mockturtl/3.8/weather-applet.js:19057 (387d8e1fd150 @ 23)
2 7fffae2958f0 b /home/mtwebster/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/weather@mockturtl/3.8/weather-applet.js:18974 (387d8e1fce20 @ 807)
3 58cf6eeac058 i /home/mtwebster/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/weather@mockturtl/3.8/weather-applet.js:19548 (387d8e1fddd0 @ 104)
4 58cf6eeabfa8 i /home/mtwebster/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/weather@mockturtl/3.8/weather-applet.js:19840 (387d8e1fea60 @ 681)
5 58cf6eeabef8 i self-hosted:1461 (2daaca0bf470 @ 30)
6 7fffae2961f0 b self-hosted:852 (e85adf8c6a0 @ 15)
Requires linuxmint/cjs#136 for xlet 'reload'
functionality to work.
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We used to do something similar in very old versions of cjs before linuxmint/cinnamon@f01bd803d5ae89.