Using webpack specific properties decreased loader's compatibility.

[malash]

Bug report

In the latest version of css-loader ( 6.5.1 ), there are several lines of code that used webpack specific properties in loader context, like,

css-loader/src/utils.js

Line 946 in 0df1ae9

loaderContext._compilation.options.devtool.includes("nosources")

and

css-loader/src/utils.js

Line 373 in 0df1ae9

loaderContext._compiler.webpack.util.createHash(hashFunction);

and

css-loader/src/utils.js

Line 412 in 0df1ae9

let result = loaderContext._compilation.getPath(localIdentName, data);

These usage cause css-loader became less compatible. For example, when using css-loader with thread-loader, the loader fails to run because of missing properties.

Actual Behavior

When using css-loader with thread-loader, this error occurred.

Expected Behavior

css-loader should not depends on any webpack specific properties.

How Do We Reproduce?

{
  use: [
    MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader
    'thread-loader',
    'css-loader',
  ]
}

Please paste the results of npx webpack-cli info here, and mention other relevant information

N/A

Refs

Same issue in thread-loader: webpack-contrib/thread-loader#66

Similar issue in previous: #1281

[alexander-akait]

Sorry, bug in thread-loader, we can't fix it here, already tracked in thread-loader repo, anyway I recommend do not use thread-loader, it is slow down your build in most of case, prefer to use cache