@babel/helper-annotate-as-pure
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Package description
The @babel/helper-annotate-as-pure npm package is a utility within the Babel ecosystem designed to annotate call expressions with a /*#__PURE__*/ comment. This comment hints to JavaScript bundlers and minifiers, such as Terser, that the function call is pure. A pure function call's result can be safely removed if its result is not used, enabling more efficient final bundles by removing unused code.
Annotating a call expression as pure
This feature allows developers to mark specific call expressions as pure, enabling potential removal during the minification process if the result of the call is unused. This is particularly useful for library authors who want to ensure their library's unused parts can be tree-shaken in consumer applications.
import * as t from '@babel/types';
import annotateAsPure from '@babel/helper-annotate-as-pure';
const callExpression = t.callExpression(t.identifier('myFunction'), []);
annotateAsPure(callExpression);
// The callExpression node is now annotated with a /*#__PURE__*/ comment.Similar to @babel/helper-annotate-as-pure, this package provides a Babel plugin to automatically annotate call expressions and new expressions with /*#__PURE__*/ comments. The key difference is that it operates at the plugin level, automatically applying the annotations across your codebase, rather than requiring manual annotation of each call.
While not a direct alternative, uglifyjs-webpack-plugin interfaces with UglifyJS to minify JavaScript bundles in Webpack projects. It can take advantage of the pure annotations added by @babel/helper-annotate-as-pure to perform tree shaking and dead code elimination, showcasing how such annotations can be utilized in the minification process.
Changelog
v7.16.0 (2021-10-30)
babel-helpers, babel-plugin-proposal-async-generator-functions, babel-runtime-corejs2, babel-runtime-corejs3, babel-runtime
for-await (@nicolo-ribaudo)babel-generator, babel-parser, babel-plugin-transform-typescript, babel-types
babel-parser
babel-helper-fixtures, babel-helper-transform-fixture-test-runner, babel-parser, babel-plugin-syntax-typescript, babel-preset-typescript
.mts and .cts files in @babel/preset-typescript (@nicolo-ribaudo)@babel/eslint-parser (@nicolo-ribaudo)babel-generator, babel-parser, babel-plugin-proposal-pipeline-operator, babel-plugin-syntax-pipeline-operator
babel-compat-data, babel-generator, babel-parser, babel-preset-env, babel-types
babel-helper-skip-transparent-expression-wrappers, babel-plugin-proposal-optional-chaining
skipTransparentExprWrapperNodes helper (@lightmare)babel-traverse, babel-types
babel-parser, babel-plugin-transform-typescript
babel-plugin-transform-typescript
babel-core, babel-helper-create-class-features-plugin, babel-plugin-transform-typescript
babel-compat-data, babel-plugin-bugfix-safari-id-destructuring-collision-in-function-expression, babel-plugin-bugfix-v8-spread-parameters-in-optional-chaining, babel-plugin-transform-react-constant-elements, babel-preset-env, babel-traverse
babel-plugin-proposal-async-generator-functions, babel-traverse
babel-traverse, babel-types
babel-generator
workspace:^ to specify @babel/ dependencies (@nicolo-ribaudo)babel-helper-fixtures, babel-plugin-proposal-class-properties, babel-plugin-transform-runtime, babel-preset-react
babel-types
createTypeAnnotationBasedOnTypeof (babel-types) (@lightmare)babel-helpers
babel-core, babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-development, babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx, babel-types
babel-types
Readme
Helper function to annotate paths and nodes with #PURE comment
See our website @babel/helper-annotate-as-pure for more information.
Using npm:
npm install --save-dev @babel/helper-annotate-as-pure
or using yarn:
yarn add @babel/helper-annotate-as-pure --dev
FAQs
Helper function to annotate paths and nodes with #__PURE__ comment
We found that @babel/helper-annotate-as-pure demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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