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doc: native module reloading is not supported

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Clarify in docs for require.cache that reloading native modules
isn't supported.

Related: #6160
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6168
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Brian White <mscdex@mscdex.net>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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Bryan English 2016-04-12 11:10:49 -07:00 committed by James M Snell
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@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ global but rather local to each module.
* {Object}
Modules are cached in this object when they are required. By deleting a key
value from this object, the next `require` will reload the module.
value from this object, the next `require` will reload the module. Note that
this does not apply to [native addons][], for which reloading will result in an
Error.
### require.extensions
@ -199,6 +201,7 @@ but rather than loading the module, just return the resolved filename.
[buffer section]: buffer.html
[module system documentation]: modules.html
[Modules]: modules.html#modules_modules
[native addons]: addons.html
[timers]: timers.html
[`clearImmediate`]: timers.html#timers_clearimmediate_immediateobject
[`clearInterval`]: timers.html#timers_clearinterval_intervalobject