feat(minify): close more one-pass gaps: merged branch calls, optional chains, var folds and literal reads by alexander-akait · Pull Request #23303 · webpack/webpack · GitHub
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feat(minify): close more one-pass gaps: merged branch calls, optional chains, var folds and literal reads - #23303
An if returning or throwing a call from both branches merges the calls, when each moved part is no longer than what the branches share.
Babel's (t=E)==null?void 0:t.x reads as (t=E)?.x for a local t; a script's global stays, as it may be an accessor.
A body's var folds past calls that cannot reach its functions. This also fixes a miscompile on main: if(g())…;var V=1;function g(){return V} folded V into g.
lodash, three and acorn are unchanged. Across the 14,274 minifier corpus rows nothing grew and none got newly worse than its rival; 13 more listed rows close and leave oxcSmaller.js and swcSmaller.js. The runtime comparison of about 1,600 programs shows the same results as main.
tooling/syntax-coverage.json drops to what the tests now cover, measured on Node 24 (CI's lts/*).
What kind of change does this PR introduce?
feat
Did you add tests for your changes?
Yes: test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js (including the cases that stay as written and runtime checks), new fixtures under test/fixtures/javascript/ with their invariants snapshots, and the config case test/configCases/optimization/minify-literal-reads.
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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Claude Code found the gaps in the minifier corpus, wrote the changes and tests, merged #23299, and measured corpus rows, real files, runtime equivalence and coverage against main.
JavaScript minification handles more integer and bitwise expressions, boolean checks, nullish guards, optional chains, and literal reads in a single pass.
Eligible expressions and calls can produce more compact output, including cases involving pure functions and unused arguments, while preserving evaluation order.
Matching calls across conditional branches can be combined in more cases, including when branches return or throw.
Additional optimizations cover computed property access, function initialization timing, and safe movement of expressions across control-flow statements.
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The JavaScript printer adds one-pass compression rewrites for literals, operators, calls, guards, and optional chains. Variable-read analysis tracks declaration order and nested-function timing. New tests and fixtures cover these changes. Comparison inventories and syntax-coverage counts are updated.
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Literal and operator folding lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js, test/configCases/optimization/minify-literal-reads/*, test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js, test/fixtures/javascript/javascript-minifier-printing-a-syntax-tree-should-compress-in-the-one-pass-*
The printer expands folding and unread-value handling for undefined, integer operators, boolean expressions, stable arrays, object reads, and optional-chain global definitions. Tests check output and runtime results.
Conditional and optional-chain rewrites lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js, test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js, test/fixtures/javascript/one-pass-K3-*, test/fixtures/javascript/one-pass-o4-*
The printer adds eligible guard-chain simplification, call merging across branches, assignment-based optional chains, returned logical forms, and sequence lifting. Tests cover these transformations and their retained cases.
Variable-read and escape analysis lib/javascript/ScopeAnalyzer.js, lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js, test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js, test/fixtures/javascript/one-pass-i3-*, test/fixtures/javascript/one-pass-l3-*
The analyzer checks alias timing against declaration order and nested-function creation. The printer tracks call reachability and function escapes. Fixtures and tests cover closures, aliases, and reads around calls.
Regression fixtures and comparison updates test/fixtures/javascript/one-pass-*, test/helpers/*Smaller*.js, .changeset/255-javascript-minify-one-pass-gaps.md, tooling/syntax-coverage.json
Fixtures cover printing behavior for declarations, this, directives, computed keys, and conditional expressions. Comparison inventories, changeset wording, and coverage counts are updated.
Possibly related PRs
webpack/webpack#23290: It changes optional-chain folding and merged-call printing in the same printer area.
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Change: Feature
Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review c28be
With compression enabled, an if/else that returns on both branches and is followed by a hoisted function declaration can be minified into a syntax error. Fix the missing semicolon in that fold before merging. The earlier alias-substitution problem is fixed.
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Directly linked issue #23299 has five coding requirements. No repository inspection was made. The assessment uses the whole-PR summary and the test list.
(1) Fold void 0 array elements in string conversions. [void 0]+"swc" should become "swc". The fixture one-pass-722 and the printer tests cover void in arrays. The summary reports array-to-string handling of undefined-like values in lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js. Covered.
(2) Simplify unread ~, -, + of undefined, and ! of a pure call. The summary reports unary-conversion and undefined constant handling in lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js. printer.unittest.js adds unused-unary cases. Covered.
(3) Remove 0| beside bitwise operators or shifts when neither operand may be a BigInt. The summary reports integer-operator recognition. Fixture one-pass-724 and the bigint(1n) case in minify-literal-reads cover the BigInt guard. Covered.
(4) Substitute object-literal reads without making an arrow body's { parse as a block. The summary reports arrow-body parentheses when printed text opens with {. The printer unit tests cover object literals. Covered.
(5) Apply global_defs through optional chains. The unit tests include globalDefs optional-chain cases. The library summary does not name the global_defs code path. This is supported by test evidence only.
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(a) Call merging for if branches that return or throw. Example: if(x)return f(1);else return f(2) becomes return f(x?1:2). Reported in lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js. Also reported: merged compatible member callees, bounded argument spans, and chained guards, returned logical forms, and negation distribution.
(b) var folding past calls that cannot reach body functions. The summary reports a related lib/javascript/ScopeAnalyzer.js rewrite: let/const end-offset tracking, switch-scope exclusion, a nested-function creation check, and removal of the alias-cycle pass. This includes the main miscompile fix.
(c) Optional-chain rewrite of (t=E)==null?void 0:t.x to (t=E)?.x for local t, and nullish folds for local assignments.
(d) Other changes not tied to #23299: boolean-valued ??, this-argument function inlining, sequence lifting in tests and exits, and dropping unread directives.
The PR description and linked issue do not request these items. The PR description calls them separate gaps. The commit messages also describe them as additional work. Test-helper and coverage updates (oxcSmaller.js, swcSmaller.js, rivalSmallerByDesign.js, tooling/syntax-coverage.json) follow from the #23299 folds and the extra changes. They are not separately out of scope. The safeguards that protect the #23299 folds are in scope.
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Move the if-branch call merging, the var-folding and ScopeAnalyzer.js alias changes, the null-check optional-chain rewrite, and the other unrelated folds (boolean ??, this-argument inlining, sequence lifting, directive removal) into a separate pull request with its own linked issue. Alternatively, update #23299 to request them. Keep the five #23299 folds, their safeguards, the related printer tests, fixtures, the minify-literal-reads config case, and the matching test-helper updates in this pull request.
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feat(minify): merge the calls an if returns or throws from both branches
feat(minify): close more one-pass gaps: merged branch calls, optional chains, var folds and literal reads
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- Line 3045: Update the lexical-target eligibility checks in _substituteAliases
so an alias is rejected when its initializer runs before the target’s
declaration, including both the same-scope and nested-reference paths. Establish
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- Line 33179: Update the assignment-based optional-chain rewrite around
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- Around line 28107-28109: Update the parenthesis-removal check around
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Major · Parenthesize a collapsed arrow body that opens with {. · syntax-printer.js:37206-37214
lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js:37206-37214 Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Parenthesize a collapsed arrow body that opens with {.
With compress, a block arrow whose only statement returns an array-indexed object read can print an invalid body. For example, module.exports = () => { return [{ value: 1 }][0].missing; }; can print as ()=>{value:1}.missing. The { opens a block, so .missing becomes a syntax error.
printArrow collapses the block to its return argument. It parenthesizes only when leftIsObject(returned) is true. That check walks the tree and does not see the array-element fold that pickedElement applies at print time. The opensArrowBody guard in fitsMemberPlace also reads the tree, where the arrow body is still the block, so the fold is kept.
Check the emitted text of the returned expression instead. This matches the existing checks at lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js:19006 and 28117.
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Review comment at @lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js around lines 37206 - 37214:
Update printArrow’s collapsed-return handling so it parenthesizes the returned expression when its emitted text begins with an opening brace, in addition to the existing leftIsObject check. This must account for print-time folds that are not visible in the return-expression tree, so the emitted object-like expression cannot be parsed as the arrow’s block body.
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Make the simulated require return a callable value.
make("joins")(1) returns 1, so first(2) throws TypeError. The comparison at test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js, Line 1783, then compares matching exceptions. It never executes opensApart, opensNew, or lets.
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…s functions
An if, a class or a kept finally calling a function of the body now ends
the stretch where a var counts as set first; it was missed before, so a
function the if called read the folded value instead of undefined.
…wise 0|, object reads and optional global_defs
From #23299: a `void 0` array element joins as nothing, an unread `~`, `-`
or `+` of `undefined` and the `!` of a pure call print as what they run, a
`0|` beside any bitwise operator goes, an object literal read off another
prints in its place, and `global_defs` applies through `?.`.
Co-authored-by: aryanraj45 <143009186+aryanraj45@users.noreply.github.com>
…yntax
- An alias of a `let` or `const` is kept where its declarator may run
before the name is set; dropping it lost a ReferenceError (on main too).
- `!!(...)` and `[{...}][0]` keep what an arrow's body needs where an
object would open it.
- A destructuring pattern's defaults and getters count as running code
that may reach the body's functions.
- A null check assigning a function expression's own name stays.
- The optional-chain test runs its output only where `?.` parses.
…ument no longer needs
A conditional printing as one call kept the `(` its place opened, and a
call printing as the argument its parameter's one read evaluates kept its
function's; printed again, either dropped them.
…arger
The rebase onto main pulled in the swc submodule bump; its new reference
output for `fixture/next/.../main-04b5934c26266542` is smaller than
webpack's again, so the row round 7 retired must stay listed.
… operator
A conditional whose branches set one target prints as that assignment,
which `&&` or `+` around it still needs parenthesized: dropping them
printed `t&&x=a`, a syntax error.
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Closes #23299 (included here with its author as co-author).
The one-pass minifier still printed code swc, terser and oxc shorten. This PR closes more of those gaps:
ifreturning or throwing a call from both branches merges the calls, when each moved part is no longer than what the branches share.(t=E)==null?void 0:t.xreads as(t=E)?.xfor a localt; a script's global stays, as it may be an accessor.varfolds past calls that cannot reach its functions. This also fixes a miscompile onmain:if(g())…;var V=1;function g(){return V}foldedVintog.void 0array elements, unread conversions ofundefined,0|beside bitwise operators, object literal reads andglobal_defsthrough?..typescript/lib/typescript.jsreact-dom-client.development.jsterser/dist/bundle.min.jslodash, three and acorn are unchanged. Across the 14,274 minifier corpus rows nothing grew and none got newly worse than its rival; 13 more listed rows close and leave
oxcSmaller.jsandswcSmaller.js. The runtime comparison of about 1,600 programs shows the same results asmain.tooling/syntax-coverage.jsondrops to what the tests now cover, measured on Node 24 (CI'slts/*).What kind of change does this PR introduce?
feat
Did you add tests for your changes?
Yes:
test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js(including the cases that stay as written and runtime checks), new fixtures undertest/fixtures/javascript/with their invariants snapshots, and the config casetest/configCases/optimization/minify-literal-reads.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
Claude Code found the gaps in the minifier corpus, wrote the changes and tests, merged #23299, and measured corpus rows, real files, runtime equivalence and coverage against
main.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
https://claude.ai/code/session_013FhutQK3ZQTi3EjTDvtMgz
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