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Preserve nullish-coalescing behavior lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js, test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js |
When corrections are enabled, the nullish-coalescing optimizer passes the replacement right operand through maintainThisBinding. Tests compare runtime output for delete and calls through ??. |
Add guarded JavaScript shortening transformations lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js, test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js, test/helpers/oxcSmaller.js, .changeset/065-minify-oxc-gaps.md |
The optimizer removes eligible catch bindings and converts eligible computed string-property reads to dotted reads. Tests cover shorter output and guard cases. The comparison helper removes selected OXC and fixture entries, and the changeset documents minifier fixes. |
Possibly related PRs
- webpack/webpack#22894: Changes nullish analysis for sequence expressions, which can affect when the nullish-coalescing optimizer applies.
- webpack/webpack#22873: Changes the same
Forupdate optimizer and nested-ifshortening covered by this PR.
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🟠 Major · Keep constructor property reads that may invoke getters. · syntax-printer.js:19799-19805
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winKeep constructor property reads that may invoke getters.
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get x(),this.xin its constructor can run that getter. This override makesast.dotThrows(this, compressor)return false. With the defaultpure_getters: "strict",dropSideEffectFreeForDotcan then removethis.xwhen its value is unused, including from aforupdate. The minified program loses the getter’s effects or throw. Do not treat constructedthisas proof that its properties are safe to read or discard.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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9120-9121: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winSnapshot the minified code.
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…l ?? o.f)()` Drop an unused catch binding from ECMAScript 2019 on, join the `if` the tail return leaves in another, dot a key past ASCII, drop what a loop's update does not run, and read a constructor's `this` as an object. Fix `??` folding to a bare reference where `delete` or a call reads its binding. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01ViD41i2KdwwGxrDk7yrjeD
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This closes eight of the cases where oxc's minifier writes less than ours (
test/helpers/oxcSmaller.js). It also fixes a wrong output that terser shares. Outputs below are under the default minimizer's options:if (y) try { throw 1 } catch (x) {} else eval('x')…catch(e){}……catch{}……catch{}…function _() { if (a) return; if (b) return c; }if(!a)if(b)return cif(!a&&b)return ca["ÑStuffAfter"]a["ÑStuffAfter"]a.ÑStuffAfterfor (var i = 0; i < 10; i++, 0) foo(i)…;i++,0)……;i++)…class B extends A { constructor() { super(); x ? this.b = 0 : this.b = 1 } }x?this.b=0:this.b=1this.b=+!xdelete (null ?? x)delete xx(as(x,!0)where read)xThe last row is a fix. Folding
null ?? xto a barexchanged whatdeleteand a call see:How each one works:
catch (e)drops its binding from ECMAScript 2019 on. It is kept when the clause namese, declaresvar e, or usesevalorwith.if: theifthat the tail-return rewrite leaves inside anotherifwithout anelsenow joins it with&&.forupdate that have no effect are dropped.this: in a constructor,thisis now read as an object, so reading a property of it cannot throw. In a derived class that holds only oncesuper()has run, and never inside an arrow.What kind of change does this PR introduce?
feat
Did you add tests for your changes?
Yes.
test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.jschecks each rewrite and the cases that must keep their form: a read orvarof the binding, ES2015 and ES5 targets, andthisbeforesuper(). It also runs thedeleteand call cases before and after minifying.test/helpers/oxcSmaller.jsretires the eight closed entries.Does this PR introduce a breaking change?
No
If relevant, what needs to be documented once your changes are merged or what have you already documented?
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deleteexpressions involving nullish coalescing, preserving receiver binding and runtime behavior.