process: add process.features.require_module

For detecting whether `require(esm)` is supported without triggering
the experimental warning.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/55241
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <rlau@redhat.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>

doc/api/modules.md

@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ experimental and can be disabled using `--no-experimental-require-module`.
 When `require()` actually encounters an ES module for the
 first time in the process, it will emit an experimental warning. The
 warning is expected to be removed when this feature stablizes.
+This feature can be detected by checking if
+[`process.features.require_module`][] is `true`.
 
 ## All together
 
@@ -1280,6 +1282,7 @@ This section was moved to
 [`node:test`]: test.md
 [`package.json`]: packages.md#nodejs-packagejson-field-definitions
 [`path.dirname()`]: path.md#pathdirnamepath
+[`process.features.require_module`]: process.md#processfeaturesrequire_module
 [`require.main`]: #requiremain
 [exports shortcut]: #exports-shortcut
 [module resolution]: #all-together

doc/api/process.md

@@ -1936,6 +1936,17 @@ added: v0.5.3
 
 A boolean value that is `true` if the current Node.js build includes support for IPv6.
 
+## `process.features.require_module`
+
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+* {boolean}
+
+A boolean value that is `true` if the current Node.js build supports
+[loading ECMAScript modules using `require()`][].
+
 ## `process.features.tls`
 
 <!-- YAML
@@ -4431,6 +4442,7 @@ cases:
 [built-in modules with mandatory `node:` prefix]: modules.md#built-in-modules-with-mandatory-node-prefix
 [debugger]: debugger.md
 [deprecation code]: deprecations.md
+[loading ECMAScript modules using `require()`]: modules.md#loading-ecmascript-modules-using-require
 [note on process I/O]: #a-note-on-process-io
 [process.cpuUsage]: #processcpuusagepreviousvalue
 [process_emit_warning]: #processemitwarningwarning-type-code-ctor

lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js

@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ const features = {
   get cached_builtins() {
     return binding.hasCachedBuiltins();
   },
+  get require_module() {
+    return getOptionValue('--experimental-require-module');
+  },
 };
 
 ObjectDefineProperty(process, 'features', {

test/es-module/test-require-module-feature-detect.js

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// This tests that process.features.require_module can be used to feature-detect
+// require(esm) without triggering a warning.
+
+require('../common');
+const { spawnSyncAndAssert } = require('../common/child_process');
+
+spawnSyncAndAssert(process.execPath, [
+  '--experimental-require-module',
+  '-p',
+  'process.features.require_module',
+], {
+  trim: true,
+  stdout: 'true',
+  stderr: '',  // Should not emit warnings.
+});
+
+// It is now enabled by default.
+spawnSyncAndAssert(process.execPath, [
+  '-p',
+  'process.features.require_module',
+], {
+  trim: true,
+  stdout: 'true',
+  stderr: '',  // Should not emit warnings.
+});
+
+spawnSyncAndAssert(process.execPath, [
+  '--no-experimental-require-module',
+  '-p',
+  'process.features.require_module',
+], {
+  trim: true,
+  stdout: 'false',
+  stderr: '',  // Should not emit warnings.
+});

test/parallel/test-process-features.js

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const expectedKeys = new Map([
   ['tls_ocsp', ['boolean']],
   ['tls', ['boolean']],
   ['cached_builtins', ['boolean']],
+  ['require_module', ['boolean']],
   ['typescript', ['boolean', 'string']],
 ]);