Requirejs: paths vs map

Question

Trying to understand where it\'s right to use \"map\" with a wildcard vs \"paths\".

Looking at the require source (but certainly not being 100% fluent with it) it s

Answer 1

There is also one other important difference with the map config. You define a prefix that will be used in mappings.

For your example this would mean that foo will be mapped to stuff/foo but also foo/bar/baz/bam will be mapped to stuff/foo/bar/baz/bam.