v1.9.0 (April 5, 2017)

• It is now possible to set the return value of require() or import to a variable. You can now do this:

var MyGeocoder = require('leaflet-geocoder-mapzen')
var geocoder = new MyGeocoder()

This sets the require('leaflet-geocoder-mapzen') to MyGeocoder, which you can then instantiate with the new keyword at a later time. Previously, setting the return value of the require() or import did nothing. In order not to break existing functionality, the side-effect of attaching to L.Control.Geocoder still happens automatically when the module is imported. #154

• If you want to prevent the side-effect of attaching to L, you can import the core module directly:

// Requiring only the base container (no L namespace)
var Geocoder = require('leaflet-geocoder-mapzen/src/core')
// or in ES2015
import Geocoder from 'leaflet-geocoder-mapzen/src/core'
// ...
const geocoder = new Geocoder()

const nope = new L.Control.Geocoder() // will be undefined

• Under the hood, the plugin's implementation of AJAX requests have been swapped out in favor of Mapbox’s corslite module.