Consider adding a single-module synchronous require to esriLoader

[tomwayson]

Checkout out Ken's answer to this SO question.

There are times when I want to be able to just use a module that I know is included in the build (like esri/config) in something like a module's run() that does not support async code. I think esri/basemap is included in the CDN builds too, so that means we could turn esriMapUtils.addCustomBasemap() into a synchronous function, and again, make it something that can be configured in the module's .run() in addition to a route's resolve.

Name could be esriLoader.requireSync()?

[jwasilgeo]

Interesting and 🆒 idea. I vote for running with esriLoader.requireSync().

[tomwayson]

This didn't really work. I got a "undefinedModule" error for all modules that I tried to load this way (esri/config, esri/basemaps, esri/map). I blame Dojo.

Closing, as this is not worth our time right now.

[jwasilgeo]

😢 Thanks for giving it a shot, though.