Resolve 4 no-var-requires problems

.eslintrc.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const temporarilyDisabledRules = {
     '@typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment': 'off', // 39 problems
     '@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any': 'off', // 321 problems
     '@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars': 'off', // 33 problems
-    '@typescript-eslint/no-var-requires': 'off', // 12 problems
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-var-requires': 'off', // 8 problems
     '@typescript-eslint/prefer-as-const': 'off', // 45 problems
     'no-constant-condition': 'off', // 1 problem
     'no-undef': 'off', // 11 problems

package.json

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "devDependencies": {
         "@dfinity/agent": "^0.19.2",
         "@types/fs-extra": "9.0.13",
+        "@types/text-encoding": "^0.0.39",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.13.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.13.0",
         "eslint": "^8.54.0",

src/compiler/generate_candid_and_canister_methods.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { createContext, Script } from 'vm';
+
 import { toDidString } from '../lib/candid/did_file';
 import {
     DidVisitor,
@@ -9,8 +11,6 @@ export function generateCandidAndCanisterMethods(mainJs: string): {
     candid: string;
     canisterMethods: CanisterMethods;
 } {
-    const vm = require('vm');
-
     const sandbox = {
         globalThis: {},
         crypto: {
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ export function generateCandidAndCanisterMethods(mainJs: string): {
         TextDecoder,
         TextEncoder
     };
-    const context = new vm.createContext(sandbox);
+    const context = createContext(sandbox);
 
-    const script = new vm.Script(mainJs);
+    const script = new Script(mainJs);
     script.runInContext(context);
 
     const canisterMethods = (sandbox.exports as any).canisterMethods;

src/compiler/utils/global_paths.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+import { homedir } from 'os';
 import { join, resolve } from 'path';
 
 import { rust_version, version as azleVersion } from '../../../package.json';
 
 export const GLOBAL_AZLE_CONFIG_DIR = resolve(
-    require('os').homedir(),
+    homedir(),
     join('.config', 'azle')
 );
 export const GLOBAL_AZLE_RUST_DIR = join(

src/lib/globals.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Buffer } from 'buffer';
+import { TextDecoder, TextEncoder } from 'text-encoding';
 
 import { ic } from './ic';
 import { AzleIc } from './ic/types/azle_ic';
@@ -12,8 +13,8 @@ declare global {
     var _azleGuardFunctions: { [key: string]: () => any };
 }
 
-globalThis.TextDecoder = require('text-encoding').TextDecoder;
-globalThis.TextEncoder = require('text-encoding').TextEncoder;
+globalThis.TextDecoder = TextDecoder;
+globalThis.TextEncoder = TextEncoder;
 globalThis._azleIcTimers = {};
 globalThis._azleResolveIds = {};
 globalThis._azleRejectIds = {};