CommonJS-style Asset Bundling

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The rough underlying implementation is more or less done. Right now we're deciding betwen two forms, require('a.png') vs. requireStatic('a.png').

require('a.png')

• Pros: more familiar. One single require for assets too.
• Cons: Doesn't follow the CommonJS specs. Overloads require.

requireStatic('a.png')

• Pros: isn't tied to CommonJS.
• Cons: another thing to learn.

I agree with @syranide, this should definitely not use require.

What does it return – the file contents? a URL? If the latter, I definitely think require is wrong; otherwise I don't have a strong opinion.

Requiring an image returns the image path. Requiring a css returns an object that maps from the class name to a (possibly) namespaced class name.
<div className={a['.class']} />