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feat(minify): close more swc and oxc gaps: known switches, literals, conditionals and dead code - #22897
This closes about 66 of the cases where swc's or oxc's minifier writes less than ours (test/helpers/swcSmaller.js, test/helpers/oxcSmaller.js) and fixes one wrong output terser shares. Outputs below are with compress: { passes: 2 }:
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Before
After
switch (4) { case a(), 1: x(); default: foo(); case b(), 2: bar(); case c(), 3: baz(); break; }
switch(4){case a(),1:x();default:foo();…}
a(),b(),c(),foo(),bar(),baz();
typeof x == "stirng", "abc".indexOf(/b./)
"stirng"==typeof x, "abc".indexOf(/b./)
!1, -1
class B extends A { constructor() { super(); x ? this.b = 0 : this.b = 1; } }
x?this.b=0:this.b=1
this.b=+!x
Math.random(1); new String({ toString() { return "x" } }); go();
new String({toString:()=>"x"}),go();
go();
The fix: dropping an unread write changed the this a tagged template sees.
varo={f(){console.log(this===o);}};functiong(){vara;(a=o.f)``;}g();// before: o.f`` — logs true// after: (0,o.f)`` — logs false, as the input
What each part does, all in the improve phase (the fix in correct):
Switches: a constant discriminant decides its leading cases, whose tests' effects move ahead of it; a switch left with no case becomes its discriminant, and what one leaves over that does nothing is dropped.
Literals:delete of a constant, ! of a function or class, typeof against a result typeof never gives, BigInt and RegExp toString(), string methods given a regular expression or object literal, and an inherited key read off an array or object literal fold to their value.
Conditionals: a try that always leaves, a loop run at most once, a tail continue/break folded into the loop's test, and a shared assignment to this once super() has bound it.
Dead code: a built-in call whose function arguments only return literals, Math.random's call, #x in a literal, ?? after a let/const never nullish, a self-named call running nothing, labels nothing jumps to, an empty finally, and ({} = value) of a value never nullish.
Many listed entries are not gaps and stay listed: 51 swc entries moved to the group whose options turn the transform off, and the rest of what stays is gzip noise on tiny programs, or the reference's own wrong output.
What kind of change does this PR introduce?
feat
Did you add tests for your changes?
Yes. test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js checks each rewrite and the inputs that must keep their form (getters, valueOf, TDZ reads, eval, BigInt, a label still needed), running both. test/helpers/swcSmaller.js and test/helpers/oxcSmaller.js retire the 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?
The syntax-printer.js bullet of docs/syntax.md lists the new improve rewrites.
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Claude Code triaged the listed gaps, wrote the rewrites, the fix and the tests in parallel sessions, and ran the corpus groups for each; reviewed by the author.
The minifier folds more known values, simplifies constant switches and expressions, and removes additional code with no observable effect, including unused labels and empty finally blocks.
Bug Fixes
Improved handling of labeled control flow, loops, try/catch logic, destructuring, tagged calls, and expressions with side effects. Minification better preserves runtime behavior around super() and built-in conversions.
Documentation
Updated the minification guide with additional transformation cases and clarified when expressions and unused names can be removed.
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No asset changed size.
No runtime gained or lost a runtime module.
Built test/configCases with the defaults a user gets: 2289 test(s), 9197 asset(s), 101 emitted nothing.
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The JavaScript compressor adds guarded expression, literal, call, and control-flow transformations. Unit tests and minifier comparison mappings are updated. The syntax documentation and Changeset describe additional minification cases.
Changes: JavaScript Minifier Transformations
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Expression effects and call evaluation lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js, test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js
Call and expression optimizations add purity checks and removal rules. The checks retain effects from arguments, conversions, getters, and other observable operations.
Literal and property folding lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js, test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js
Built-in evaluation and property-read optimizations fold additional literals and expressions. They check runtime values, effects, and patched prototypes.
Control-flow and dead-code rewrites lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js, test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js
Try, loop, conditional, switch, label, and destructuring optimizations add guarded rewrites. The tests cover control flow and preserved effects.
Unit cases and minifier comparison mappings change. The syntax documentation and Changeset describe additional minification cases.
Suggested reviewers:aryanraj45
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Change: Feature
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 531b9
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- Line 24749: Update the pure-call rewrite guarded by
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Named-function call elimination can drop a read that throws in the TDZ.
runsNothingWhenCalled decides that a call runs nothing by checking each body statement and return argument with A.hasSideEffects. For a read of a declared binding, hasSideEffectsForSymbolRef returns false, even when the let has not been initialized yet. The wrapper then drops the call. The original call throws a ReferenceError, but the rewritten output does not.
Example:
(functionf(){returnf&&x;})();letx=1;
The function name f is referenced, so fn.id.definition.references.length is nonzero. The body is a single return whose argument, f && x, has no side effects under hasSideEffects. Calling the function reads x before its let runs, so it throws. The minified output drops the call and keeps only let x = 1;, which removes the throw.
The correction belongs in runsNothingWhenCalled. A return argument or statement that reads a lexical binding which may still be uninitialized must not count as effect-free. The same guard should use the TDZ-preserving path that the Object.keys folding uses, dropSideEffectFree, rather than hasSideEffects alone.
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Summary
This closes about 66 of the cases where swc's or oxc's minifier writes less than ours (
test/helpers/swcSmaller.js,test/helpers/oxcSmaller.js) and fixes one wrong output terser shares. Outputs below are withcompress: { passes: 2 }:switch (4) { case a(), 1: x(); default: foo(); case b(), 2: bar(); case c(), 3: baz(); break; }switch(4){case a(),1:x();default:foo();…}a(),b(),c(),foo(),bar(),baz();typeof x == "stirng","abc".indexOf(/b./)"stirng"==typeof x,"abc".indexOf(/b./)!1,-1class B extends A { constructor() { super(); x ? this.b = 0 : this.b = 1; } }x?this.b=0:this.b=1this.b=+!xMath.random(1); new String({ toString() { return "x" } }); go();new String({toString:()=>"x"}),go();go();The fix: dropping an unread write changed the
thisa tagged template sees.What each part does, all in the
improvephase (the fix incorrect):deleteof a constant,!of a function or class,typeofagainst a resulttypeofnever gives, BigInt and RegExptoString(), string methods given a regular expression or object literal, and an inherited key read off an array or object literal fold to their value.trythat always leaves, a loop run at most once, a tailcontinue/breakfolded into the loop's test, and a shared assignment tothisoncesuper()has bound it.Math.random's call,#x ina literal,??after alet/constnever nullish, a self-named call running nothing, labels nothing jumps to, an emptyfinally, and({} = value)of a value never nullish.Many listed entries are not gaps and stay listed: 51 swc entries moved to the group whose options turn the transform off, and the rest of what stays is gzip noise on tiny programs, or the reference's own wrong output.
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 inputs that must keep their form (getters,valueOf, TDZ reads,eval, BigInt, a label still needed), running both.test/helpers/swcSmaller.jsandtest/helpers/oxcSmaller.jsretire the 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?
The
syntax-printer.jsbullet ofdocs/syntax.mdlists the newimproverewrites.Use of AI
Claude Code triaged the listed gaps, wrote the rewrites, the fix and the tests in parallel sessions, and ran the corpus groups for each; reviewed by the author.
Generated by Claude Code
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finallyblocks.super()and built-in conversions.