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perf(javascript): inline single-use functions and literals, join string literals in the one pass - #22969
Stacked on #22957. This is another step toward the one-pass minifier (modules.onePass) printing less than the default path, so it can become the default. Re-running terser's own passes on the one pass's output showed the remaining size is in single-use inlining and constant folding, not in sequences or conditionals (those grow gzip by 310 B and 756 B). Four forms:
A function declaration read once before it is declared prints at that read. The walk prints the declaration first (printEarlyIn in syntax-parser.js), and a declaration holding another moved read that is not printed yet stays in place.
An object or array literal of constants folds into its one read anywhere in the next statement, not only where the statement evaluates first, as long as that read is outside a function and not under delete.
Literals added to a string join: x + "a" + 1 prints x+"a1".
An operation folded into a read drops parentheses it doesn't need.
Every fixture is smaller raw. Lodash is 1 B larger under gzip; turning its 22 early moves off one at a time moves its gzip by −3 to +11 B, so that is reordering noise rather than one move. One-pass CPU and retained heap are unchanged on the six fixtures (best of 7, same within noise).
What kind of change does this PR introduce?
perf
Did you add tests for your changes?
Yes: rows in the one-pass case table in test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js, including the shapes that stay as written (a read in a loop, the first node printed, a literal read in an arrow or by delete, ?? mixed with ||). Two existing rows print shorter now (return[f()];function f(){return 2} → return[2], var f={};f.r++ → ({}).r++).
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?
n/a
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Written with Claude Code: it found the patterns by re-running terser's passes on the one pass's output, implemented them, measured raw and gzip size on six fixtures and checked behavior on terser's 672 expect_stdout cases.
The one-pass JavaScript minifier can inline eligible single-use functions and values, simplify constant-only arrays and objects, fold expressions, and combine string additions. These optimizations can reduce minified output size.
Bug Fixes
Improved handling of function declarations, call arguments, and expression parentheses when code is moved or inlined.
Preserved values and side effects in cases where simplifying them could change program behavior.
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The one-pass JavaScript printer adds early function printing, eligible single-use value substitution, precedence-aware expression output, and literal addition folding. Parser support and tests cover these output changes.
Changes: One-pass JavaScript minifier
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Early function printing lib/javascript/ScopeAnalyzer.js, lib/javascript/syntax-parser.js, lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js, test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js
The scope analyzer adjusts function-declaration read checks and checks cross-scope references to arguments. The printer schedules eligible declarations for earlier output and avoids certain moved-function and call-reduction cases. The parser prints selected nodes early and skips them at their normal position.
Single-use values and literal additions lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js, test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js, .changeset/072-one-pass-single-use.md
The printer recognizes fresh constant arrays and objects, substitutes eligible single-use values, and applies precedence rules when printing collapsed expressions. It also joins literal additions in string-producing expressions. Tests cover inlining, folding, and retained bindings; the changeset records these minifier changes.
Possibly related PRs
webpack/webpack#22956: Reduces a simple function call to its returned expression in the one-pass printer; this PR extends related function movement and inlining.
webpack/webpack#22928: Introduces the one-pass tree printer and scope analysis that this PR extends.
webpack/webpack#22974: Cancels call reduction when transformed arguments would invalidate the inlined call; this PR contains related argument handling.
Suggested reviewers:aryanraj45, bjohansebas
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Review comments at @.changeset/070-one-pass-hoist-merge.md:
- Around line 1-5: Consolidate the changeset descriptions for “Merge equal exits
and shared assignments in the one-pass JavaScript minifier” and “one-pass
single-use” into a single changeset, and remove the duplicate entry so the PR
contains only one changeset.
Review comments at @lib/javascript/ScopeAnalyzer.js:
- Around line 4726-4729: Update the NodeType.FunctionDeclaration handling in
this scope-analysis check so an earlier read inside a nested function does not
permit moving the declaration across scopes when that could create a new
function identity on each call. Keep the declaration in its original scope in
that case, while preserving the existing movement behavior when identity is not
exposed.
Review comments at @lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js:
- Around line 63188-63195: Update operationNeedsParens to preserve parentheses
around collapsed `in` expressions when printing `for` initializers, preventing
invalid loop-head syntax; leave other parenthesis decisions unchanged.
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Summary
Stacked on #22957. This is another step toward the one-pass minifier (
modules.onePass) printing less than the default path, so it can become the default. Re-running terser's own passes on the one pass's output showed the remaining size is in single-use inlining and constant folding, not insequencesorconditionals(those grow gzip by 310 B and 756 B). Four forms:printEarlyIninsyntax-parser.js), and a declaration holding another moved read that is not printed yet stays in place.delete.x + "a" + 1printsx+"a1".Every fixture is smaller raw. Lodash is 1 B larger under gzip; turning its 22 early moves off one at a time moves its gzip by −3 to +11 B, so that is reordering noise rather than one move. One-pass CPU and retained heap are unchanged on the six fixtures (best of 7, same within noise).
What kind of change does this PR introduce?
perf
Did you add tests for your changes?
Yes: rows in the one-pass case table in
test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js, including the shapes that stay as written (a read in a loop, the first node printed, a literal read in an arrow or bydelete,??mixed with||). Two existing rows print shorter now (return[f()];function f(){return 2}→return[2],var f={};f.r++→({}).r++).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?
n/a
Use of AI
Written with Claude Code: it found the patterns by re-running terser's passes on the one pass's output, implemented them, measured raw and gzip size on six fixtures and checked behavior on terser's 672
expect_stdoutcases.Generated by Claude Code
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