unifying all of the server-side evaluation under CoffeeScript.run -- this means that __filename and __dirname and relative requires should work from all angles under Node.js

Cakefile

@@ -73,6 +73,5 @@ task 'test', 'run the CoffeeScript language test suite', ->
     puts '\033[0;32mpassed ' + test_count + ' tests in ' + time + ' seconds\033[0m'
   fs.readdir 'test', (err, files) ->
     for file in files
-      fs.readFile 'test/' + file, (err, source) ->
-        js: coffee.compile source
-        process.compile js, file
+      fs.readFile 'test/' + file, (err, code) ->
+        coffee.run code, file

lib/cake.js

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         throw new Error("Cakefile not found in " + (process.cwd()));
       }
       args = process.argv.slice(2, process.argv.length);
-      eval(coffee.compile(fs.readFileSync('Cakefile')));
+      coffee.run(fs.readFileSync('Cakefile'), 'Cakefile');
       oparse = new optparse.OptionParser(switches);
       if (!(args.length)) {
         return print_tasks();

lib/coffee-script.js

@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@
   exports.nodes = function nodes(code) {
     return parser.parse(lexer.tokenize(code));
   };
+  // Compile and execute a string of CoffeeScript (on the server), correctly
+  // setting `__filename`, `__dirname`, and relative `require()`.
+  exports.run = function run(code, source, options) {
+    var __dirname, __filename;
+    __filename = source;
+    __dirname = path.dirname(source);
+    module.filename = source;
+    return eval(exports.compile(code, options));
+  };
   // The real Lexer produces a generic stream of tokens. This object provides a
   // thin wrapper around it, compatible with the Jison API. We can then pass it
   // directly as a "Jison lexer".

lib/command.js

@@ -80,13 +80,15 @@
   // in common. If evaluating the script directly sets `__filename`, `__dirname`
   // and `module.filename` to be correct relative to the script's path.
   compile_script = function compile_script(source, code) {
-    var __dirname, __filename, js, o;
+    var js, o;
     o = options;
     try {
       if (o.tokens) {
         return print_tokens(CoffeeScript.tokens(code));
       } else if (o.nodes) {
         return puts(CoffeeScript.nodes(code).toString());
+      } else if (o.run) {
+        return CoffeeScript.run(code, source, compile_options());
       } else {
         js = CoffeeScript.compile(code, compile_options());
         if (o.compile) {
@@ -95,11 +97,6 @@
           return lint(js);
         } else if (o.print || o.eval) {
           return print(js);
-        } else {
-          __filename = source;
-          __dirname = path.dirname(source);
-          module.filename = source;
-          return eval(js);
         }
       }
     } catch (err) {
@@ -199,8 +196,10 @@
   // Use the [OptionParser module](optparse.html) to extract all options from
   // `process.argv` that are specified in `SWITCHES`.
   parse_options = function parse_options() {
+    var o;
     option_parser = new optparse.OptionParser(SWITCHES, BANNER);
-    options = option_parser.parse(process.argv);
+    o = (options = option_parser.parse(process.argv));
+    options.run = !(o.compile || o.print || o.lint || o.eval);
     return sources = options.arguments.slice(2, options.arguments.length);
   };
   // The compile-time options to pass to the CoffeeScript compiler.

lib/repl.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (function(){
-  var CoffeeScript, prompt, quit, run;
+  var CoffeeScript, prompt, run;
   // A very simple Read-Eval-Print-Loop. Compiles one line at a time to JavaScript
   // and evaluates it. Good for simple tests, or poking around the **Node.js** API.
   // Using it looks like this:
@@ -9,19 +9,21 @@
   // Our prompt.
   prompt = 'coffee> ';
   // Quick alias for quitting the REPL.
-  quit = function quit() {
+  process.mixin({
+    quit: function quit() {
       return process.exit(0);
-  };
+    }
+  });
   // The main REPL function. **run** is called every time a line of code is entered.
   // Attempt to evaluate the command. If there's an exception, print it out instead
   // of exiting.
   run = function run(code) {
     var val;
     try {
-      val = eval(CoffeeScript.compile(code, {
+      val = CoffeeScript.run(code, 'repl', {
         no_wrap: true,
         globals: true
-      }));
+      });
       if (val !== undefined) {
         p(val);
       }

src/cake.coffee

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ exports.run: ->
   path.exists 'Cakefile', (exists) ->
     throw new Error("Cakefile not found in ${process.cwd()}") unless exists
     args: process.argv[2...process.argv.length]
-    eval coffee.compile fs.readFileSync 'Cakefile'
+    coffee.run fs.readFileSync('Cakefile'), 'Cakefile'
     oparse: new optparse.OptionParser switches
     return print_tasks() unless args.length
     options: oparse.parse(args)

src/coffee-script.coffee

@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ exports.tokens: (code) ->
 exports.nodes: (code) ->
   parser.parse lexer.tokenize code
 
+# Compile and execute a string of CoffeeScript (on the server), correctly
+# setting `__filename`, `__dirname`, and relative `require()`.
+exports.run: (code, source, options) ->
+  __filename:       source
+  __dirname:        path.dirname source
+  module.filename:  source
+  eval exports.compile code, options
+
 # The real Lexer produces a generic stream of tokens. This object provides a
 # thin wrapper around it, compatible with the Jison API. We can then pass it
 # directly as a "Jison lexer".

src/command.coffee

@@ -78,16 +78,12 @@ compile_script: (source, code) ->
   try
     if      o.tokens            then print_tokens CoffeeScript.tokens code
     else if o.nodes             then puts CoffeeScript.nodes(code).toString()
+    else if o.run               then CoffeeScript.run code, source, compile_options()
     else
       js: CoffeeScript.compile code, compile_options()
       if      o.compile         then write_js source, js
       else if o.lint            then lint js
       else if o.print or o.eval then print js
-      else
-        __filename:       source
-        __dirname:        path.dirname source
-        module.filename:  source
-        eval js
   catch err
     if o.watch                  then puts err.message else throw err
 
@@ -142,7 +138,8 @@ print_tokens: (tokens) ->
 # `process.argv` that are specified in `SWITCHES`.
 parse_options: ->
   option_parser: new optparse.OptionParser SWITCHES, BANNER
-  options: option_parser.parse(process.argv)
+  o: options:    option_parser.parse(process.argv)
+  options.run:   not (o.compile or o.print or o.lint or o.eval)
   sources:       options.arguments[2...options.arguments.length]
 
 # The compile-time options to pass to the CoffeeScript compiler.

src/repl.coffee

@@ -11,14 +11,16 @@ CoffeeScript: require 'coffee-script'
 prompt: 'coffee> '
 
 # Quick alias for quitting the REPL.
-quit: -> process.exit(0)
+process.mixin {
+  quit: -> process.exit(0)
+}
 
 # The main REPL function. **run** is called every time a line of code is entered.
 # Attempt to evaluate the command. If there's an exception, print it out instead
 # of exiting.
 run: (code) ->
   try
-    val: eval CoffeeScript.compile code, {no_wrap: true, globals: true}
+    val: CoffeeScript.run code, 'repl', {no_wrap: true, globals: true}
     p val if val isnt undefined
   catch err
     puts err.stack or err.toString()