Multiline input doesn't work if user overrides "eval" in REPL.start

[zenparsing]

As of b517500, multiline input is triggered when the eval callback is executed with an instance of Recoverable. However, Recoverable is not exported from the "repl" module. It is therefore no longer possible (AFAICT) to trigger multiline input when overriding "eval" in REPL.start.

[jasnell]

@zenparsing ... I know it's been a while, but could you provide a simple test case that demonstrates the problem?

[mikeybox]

I've run in to the same problem which is caused a number of users of Babel - (#1741) to report the issue. The exact issue is that the finish callback function requires the error passed to have been wrapped in a RecoverableError object which is only available in the repl scope. I'm submitting a pull request to make this more generic allowing the recoverableError check to be passed as an option. This should allow other libraries to modify what passes as recoverable.

[mikeybox]

@jasnell I created a pull request that has had no traction. Do you know anything about this issue and it being resolved?

[davidchambers]

Thanks for submitting a fix, @mikeybox! I hope the pull request gets some attention soon.

[ggentzke]

FWIW babel-node with node version 0.12 and beyond (latest tested was v5.0.0) still does not support multiline function definitions. This issue is a blocker for that functionality.

I cannot use babel-node because of this issue.