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Is it legal to modify module.paths? #2711

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  • Node.js Version:
    v.13.12.0
  • OS:
    Windows 7
  • Scope (install, code, runtime, meta, other?):
    Runtime/docs.
  • Module (and version) (if relevant):
    module.paths.

Docs are not very helpful, since they do not clarify is this property mutable or not.

It is important, because changing this variable actually leads to changes in the behavior of require function.
So it would be good if someone make it clear what kind of usage this property supports and intended to.

Basically, the following code works just fine:

const path = require(`path`);

// adding path to `lol` directory, which contains `kek.js` file
module.paths.unshift( path.join(__dirname, `lol`) );

// require works, despite `kek` is not inside of any of `node_modules` directories
const kek = require("kek");

console.log(kek);

But should it work at all?
It hard to say from the docs.

Please, advise. Thanks.

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