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doc: fix modules.md export example
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Arrow functions cannot be called with the new keyword,
convert to ES6 classes instead.

PR-URL: #17579
Refs: #17364
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <[email protected]>
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apapirovski authored and gibfahn committed Dec 20, 2017
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Expand Up @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ In this example, the variable `PI` is private to `circle.js`.
The `module.exports` property can be assigned a new value (such as a function
or object).

Below, `bar.js` makes use of the `square` module, which exports a constructor:
Below, `bar.js` makes use of the `square` module, which exports a Square class:

```js
const Square = require('./square.js');
Expand All @@ -50,10 +50,14 @@ The `square` module is defined in `square.js`:

```js
// assigning to exports will not modify module, must use module.exports
module.exports = (width) => {
return {
area: () => width ** 2
};
module.exports = class Square {
constructor(width) {
this.width = width;
}

area() {
return this.width ** 2;
}
};
```

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