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Why would anyone use the path package from npm instead of Node’s path module?

Just found it in one of my own projects, where I'm the only contributor… 😅

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Timo Tijhof
@nhoizey The idea of publishing npm built-ins (mostly) as-is, is fairly common in relation to tools like browserify.Those tools can't easily read the source code otherwise and/or the built-in version might not be standalone (eg rely on Node or V8 internals) in a way that would make it work in a browser environment. It also helps control which version is embedded in the build, which otherwise varies by developer env's Node version.See also https://www.npmjs.com/package/events #nodejs #npm
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