hardhat/src/internal/deprecated-module-imported-from-hardhat2-plugin.ts

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// This is an empty module that is used to exported it with a subpath that's
// commonly used by Hardhat 2 plugins. This is to avoid the plugins breaking
// when the `require` it, so that they have an opportunity to run a function
// that throws a better error message.

// The reason this module can be empty is that Hardhat 2 plugins are CJS modules
// so they can destructure the require and get `undefined` values, instead of
// a load-time error.

// We could also throw from this file, but if it gets imported by an ESM module
// you don't get an import-stack-trace, so you loose the possibility of figuring
// out which plugin is triggering the error.