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Title: Worker instantiation from URLs · Issue #30780 · nodejs/node · GitHub

Open Graph Title: Worker instantiation from URLs · Issue #30780 · nodejs/node

X Title: Worker instantiation from URLs · Issue #30780 · nodejs/node

Description: When creating workers from within modules, we don't have __filename or __dirname so rather have to rely on import.meta.url, something like: import { Worker } from 'worker_threads'; import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'; new Worker(fileURLT...

Open Graph Description: When creating workers from within modules, we don't have __filename or __dirname so rather have to rely on import.meta.url, something like: import { Worker } from 'worker_threads'; import { fileURL...

X Description: When creating workers from within modules, we don't have __filename or __dirname so rather have to rely on import.meta.url, something like: import { Worker } from 'worker_threads'; impo...

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