The following works perfectly:

export default function x () {
  return 'hello world'
}

export function y () {
  return x()
}

console.log(y())

However this does not work:

export default async function x () {
  return 'hello world'
}

export function y () {
  return x()
    .then(console.log)
}

y()

When the default function is async for some reason x is not defined.

The following works perfectly:

export default function x () {
  return 'hello world'
}

export function y () {
  return x()
}

console.log(y())

However this does not work:

export default async function x () {
  return 'hello world'
}

export function y () {
  return x()
    .then(console.log)
}

y()

When the default function is async for some reason x is not defined.

• javascript
• babeljs

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• Do you need a polyfill of some kind for this? I remember some kind of babel polyfill solving something like this. Also what happens if you remove "default". – Tim Consolazio Commented Dec 17, 2016 at 22:12
• 1 @TimConsolazio If I remove it, it works perfectly fine. – ThomasReggi Commented Dec 17, 2016 at 22:15
• I'm using the babel latest plugin. – ThomasReggi Commented Dec 17, 2016 at 22:15

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Sorted by: Reset to default 4

Looks like this is a known issue inside babel project: https://github./babel/babel/issues/3786