`stubModules` vs. `excludeStart/excludeEnd` Pragmas

[ryanfitzer]

Regarding r.js optimization, what are the benefits of using the pragmas approach in the es6 plugin over just adding it and babel to the stubModules array in the build config? If the modules that use the es6 plugin are being transformed during the build step, the plugin can just be stubbed. Are there other scenarios that pragmas enable?

[prantlf]

After the excludeStart/excludeEnd pragmas are applied, the es6 plugin remains empty. That is why in the case of this plugin, stubModules would achieve the same as the pragmas.

Maybe the advantage of the pragmas is that you do not have to add the stubModules property to your build configuration :-)