Why can't I export a function named "import" in ES6

Question

I want to export a function I named "import" like this:

export function import(foo, bar) {
    console.log(foo + bar);
}

However for some reason the es6 linter complains that "import is not a valid identifier for a function" see this fiddle

What's wrong? Can't I have my function called import in es6? what about export?

Answer 1

import and export are reserved words. You can't use them as the name of a function declaration.

You can however still use them as a name for your exports - you just can't declare a variable with it:

function _import(foo, bar) {
    console.log(foo + bar);
}
export {_import as import};

I would recommend against it though, it complicates importing similarly.