Circular Dependencies in modules using requireJs

Question

Reading the requireJs documentation,
in order to fix the Circular Dependencies, is suggested to use exports to create an empty object for the module that is available immediately for reference by other modules.

I try this code but it seems to do not work. What is wrong?

P.S.:
read the comments for seeing the output,
especially the B module inside setTimeout call.

---

// A module
define([
    'b'
], function (b) {
    console.log('B:', b); // B, Object
    var A = {
        boo: 1
    };

    return A;
});

---

// B module
define([
    'a',
    'exports'
], function (a, exports) {
    console.log('A:', a); // A, undefined (as I was expecting)
    exports.A = function () {
        return a;
    }

    var B = {
        bar: 1
    };

    setTimeout(function () {
        console.log('exports.A', exports.A()); // exports.A undefined 
                                           // I would like to access the A object
                                           // which is defined in A module
    }, 500);

    return B;
});

---

// main.js

(function () {

    define([
        'a'
    ], function () {
    });
}());

Answer 1

You should be able to use the synchronous version of require() in your B module to access the "A" module:

// B module
define([
    'a',
    'exports'
], function (a, exports) {
    console.log('A:', a); // A, undefined (as I was expecting)
    exports.A = function () {
        return require('a');
    }
    ...
});