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That is not an honest comparison, though.

    import { getCodec } from "iconv-lite";

would be

    var getCodec = require("iconv-lite").getCodec;

[couchand]

Or in CoffeeScript,

    {getCodec} = require "iconv-lite"

Explicit dependencies without introducing new syntax? Yes, please.

[cwmma]

or in es6 var {getCodec} = require("iconv-lite");