“consume module” phrase
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I am regularly seeing phrase "consume a module" in programming texts.
E.g. in one book I have read:
Modules can be consumed in other JavaScript files using the import statement.
What is the meaning of this phrase?
I suspect that "consume" (in this phrase) is a synonim of "import" but i haven't found it in dictionary.cambridge.org.
Is it an idiom? What is the etymology of this phrase?
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I am regularly seeing phrase "consume a module" in programming texts.
E.g. in one book I have read:
Modules can be consumed in other JavaScript files using the import statement.
What is the meaning of this phrase?
I suspect that "consume" (in this phrase) is a synonim of "import" but i haven't found it in dictionary.cambridge.org.
Is it an idiom? What is the etymology of this phrase?
meaning etymology programming
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I have never come across "consume" used in that context. Maybe the text is written by a non-native speaker? I would assume they mean "import" or "use".
– James Random
2 days ago
merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consume, definition 5.
– James McLeod
2 days ago
This may be a (new?) Javascript-specific usage. I found several pages online using "consume" in the sense of using modules with import or require. (Most of these had many grammatical errors so it may be a non-standard/second-language form that is become standard.) But doing a similar search with other languages (eg Python) only found "consume" being used in a more standard way (eg. with memory or data).
– James Random
2 days ago
@jamesr Thank you.
– Wojciech Kałuski
2 days ago
I've been a programmer for 50 years and it's not familiar terminology to me. Haven't mucked much with JavaScript, though. (It's an abysmal language.)
– Hot Licks
2 days ago
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I am regularly seeing phrase "consume a module" in programming texts.
E.g. in one book I have read:
Modules can be consumed in other JavaScript files using the import statement.
What is the meaning of this phrase?
I suspect that "consume" (in this phrase) is a synonim of "import" but i haven't found it in dictionary.cambridge.org.
Is it an idiom? What is the etymology of this phrase?
meaning etymology programming
asked 2 days ago
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I am regularly seeing phrase "consume a module" in programming texts.
E.g. in one book I have read:
Modules can be consumed in other JavaScript files using the import statement.
What is the meaning of this phrase?
I suspect that "consume" (in this phrase) is a synonim of "import" but i haven't found it in dictionary.cambridge.org.
Is it an idiom? What is the etymology of this phrase?
meaning etymology programming
meaning etymology programming
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I have never come across "consume" used in that context. Maybe the text is written by a non-native speaker? I would assume they mean "import" or "use".
– James Random
2 days ago
merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consume, definition 5.
– James McLeod
2 days ago
This may be a (new?) Javascript-specific usage. I found several pages online using "consume" in the sense of using modules with import or require. (Most of these had many grammatical errors so it may be a non-standard/second-language form that is become standard.) But doing a similar search with other languages (eg Python) only found "consume" being used in a more standard way (eg. with memory or data).
– James Random
2 days ago
@jamesr Thank you.
– Wojciech Kałuski
2 days ago
I've been a programmer for 50 years and it's not familiar terminology to me. Haven't mucked much with JavaScript, though. (It's an abysmal language.)
– Hot Licks
2 days ago
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I have never come across "consume" used in that context. Maybe the text is written by a non-native speaker? I would assume they mean "import" or "use".
– James Random
2 days ago
merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consume, definition 5.
– James McLeod
2 days ago
This may be a (new?) Javascript-specific usage. I found several pages online using "consume" in the sense of using modules with import or require. (Most of these had many grammatical errors so it may be a non-standard/second-language form that is become standard.) But doing a similar search with other languages (eg Python) only found "consume" being used in a more standard way (eg. with memory or data).
– James Random
2 days ago
@jamesr Thank you.
– Wojciech Kałuski
2 days ago
I've been a programmer for 50 years and it's not familiar terminology to me. Haven't mucked much with JavaScript, though. (It's an abysmal language.)
– Hot Licks
2 days ago
I have never come across "consume" used in that context. Maybe the text is written by a non-native speaker? I would assume they mean "import" or "use".
– James Random
2 days ago
I have never come across "consume" used in that context. Maybe the text is written by a non-native speaker? I would assume they mean "import" or "use".
– James Random
2 days ago
merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consume, definition 5.
– James McLeod
2 days ago
merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consume, definition 5.
– James McLeod
2 days ago
This may be a (new?) Javascript-specific usage. I found several pages online using "consume" in the sense of using modules with import or require. (Most of these had many grammatical errors so it may be a non-standard/second-language form that is become standard.) But doing a similar search with other languages (eg Python) only found "consume" being used in a more standard way (eg. with memory or data).
– James Random
2 days ago
This may be a (new?) Javascript-specific usage. I found several pages online using "consume" in the sense of using modules with import or require. (Most of these had many grammatical errors so it may be a non-standard/second-language form that is become standard.) But doing a similar search with other languages (eg Python) only found "consume" being used in a more standard way (eg. with memory or data).
– James Random
2 days ago
@jamesr Thank you.
– Wojciech Kałuski
2 days ago
@jamesr Thank you.
– Wojciech Kałuski
2 days ago
I've been a programmer for 50 years and it's not familiar terminology to me. Haven't mucked much with JavaScript, though. (It's an abysmal language.)
– Hot Licks
2 days ago
I've been a programmer for 50 years and it's not familiar terminology to me. Haven't mucked much with JavaScript, though. (It's an abysmal language.)
– Hot Licks
2 days ago
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I have never come across "consume" used in that context. Maybe the text is written by a non-native speaker? I would assume they mean "import" or "use".
– James Random
2 days ago
merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consume, definition 5.
– James McLeod
2 days ago
This may be a (new?) Javascript-specific usage. I found several pages online using "consume" in the sense of using modules with import or require. (Most of these had many grammatical errors so it may be a non-standard/second-language form that is become standard.) But doing a similar search with other languages (eg Python) only found "consume" being used in a more standard way (eg. with memory or data).
– James Random
2 days ago
@jamesr Thank you.
– Wojciech Kałuski
2 days ago
I've been a programmer for 50 years and it's not familiar terminology to me. Haven't mucked much with JavaScript, though. (It's an abysmal language.)
– Hot Licks
2 days ago