`ERR_UNSUPPORTED_DIR_IMPORT` has hard to parse Grammar

[bgolding355]

Version

27b1088

Platform

Linux bgolding 5.11.0-40-generic #44~20.04.2-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 26 18:07:44 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Subsystem

esm/resolve

What steps will reproduce the bug?

Trigger the ERR_UNSUPPORTED_DIR_IMPORT error

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

100% iff you trigger this error

What is the expected behavior?

A grammatically comprehensible sentence.

Possibly:

Directory import '/home/bgolding/Desktop/test/node_modules/@angular/compiler-cli/ngcc' is not supported, resolving ES modules imported from /home/bgolding/Desktop/test/testing/node_modules/ng-packagr/lib/utils/ng-compiler-cli.js

Assuming this error means that:

1. It is not possible to import a directory, but
2. It is possible to import /home/bgolding/Desktop/test/testing/node_modules/ng-packagr/lib/utils/ng-compiler-cli.js as an alternative to that directory

Alternatively:

Directory import '/home/bgolding/Desktop/test/node_modules/@angular/compiler-cli/ngcc' is not supported while resolving ES modules imported from /home/bgolding/Desktop/test/testing/node_modules/ng-packagr/lib/utils/ng-compiler-cli.js

If this error means that:

1. It is not possible to import a directory, AND
2. It was trying to resolve an import from /home/bgolding/Desktop/test/testing/node_modules/ng-packagr/lib/utils/ng-compiler-cli.js

What do you see instead?

Directory import '/home/bgolding/Desktop/test/node_modules/@angular/compiler-cli/ngcc' is not supported resolving ES modules imported from /home/bgolding/Desktop/test/testing/node_modules/ng-packagr/lib/utils/ng-compiler-cli.js

Additional information

node/lib/internal/errors.js

Lines 1578 to 1579 in 27b1088

	E('ERR_UNSUPPORTED_DIR_IMPORT', "Directory import '%s' is not supported " +
	'resolving ES modules imported from %s', Error);

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64449464/error-err-unsupported-dir-import-directory-import-when-attempting-to-start-no

[Trott]

@nodejs/modules

[guybedford]

Thanks for sharing the case here @bgolding355, the clearer we can make this the better. At least the fix was at least relatively clear despite the wording.

I think resolving ES module without the plural is the direct grammar fix.

Perhaps we can make a rewording along the lines of is not supported by the ES module resolver imported from or similar.