v7.21.0 (2023-02-20)

:rocket: New Feature

• babel-core, babel-helper-create-class-features-plugin, babel-plugin-proposal-class-properties, babel-plugin-proposal-private-methods, babel-plugin-proposal-private-property-in-object
  • #15435 feat: Implement privateFieldsAsSymbols assumption for classes (@fwienber)
• babel-helper-create-regexp-features-plugin, babel-plugin-proposal-regexp-modifiers, babel-standalone
  • #15226 feat: Support regexp modifiers proposal (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-cli, babel-core, babel-generator, babel-plugin-transform-destructuring, babel-plugin-transform-modules-commonjs, babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx, babel-traverse
  • #15022 feat: Generate sourcemaps of friendly call frames (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-parser, babel-types
  • #15384 [ts] Support const modifier in type parameters (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-generator, babel-helpers, babel-parser, babel-plugin-proposal-decorators, babel-plugin-syntax-decorators, babel-runtime-corejs2, babel-runtime-corejs3, babel-runtime
  • #15405 Implement decorators as presented at 2023-01 TC39 meeting (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-parser
  • #15114 Parser option to allow new.target outside functions (@overlookmotel)
  • #15320 Add annexb: false parser option to disable Annex B (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-core
  • #15283 feat: Support .cts as configuration file (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-generator, babel-parser, babel-plugin-transform-typescript
  • #15381 [ts] Support export type * from (@nicolo-ribaudo)

:bug: Bug Fix

• babel-plugin-transform-typescript
  • #15379 [ts5.0] Better inlining of constants in enums (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-core
  • #15366 handling circular/shared structures in deep-clone (@azizghuloum)
• babel-helper-create-class-features-plugin, babel-plugin-proposal-class-properties, babel-plugin-proposal-class-static-block, babel-plugin-proposal-private-methods, babel-plugin-transform-classes, babel-plugin-transform-new-target
  • #15406 Preserve class elements comments in class transform (@JLHwung)
• babel-parser, babel-plugin-transform-flow-comments, babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types, babel-types
  • #15414 [ts] Fix restrictions for optional parameters (@nicolo-ribaudo)

:nail_care: Polish

• babel-parser
  • #15400 polish: improve "await as identifier" error in modules (@JLHwung)

:house: Internal

• babel-core
  • #15137 Improve CJS compat with ESM-based @babel/core (@nicolo-ribaudo)

:microscope: Output optimization

• babel-plugin-transform-typescript
  • #15418 [ts] Handle exponentiation operator in constant folding (@ehoogeveen-medweb)

v7.20.7 (2022-12-22)

:eyeglasses: Spec Compliance

• babel-helper-member-expression-to-functions, babel-helper-replace-supers, babel-plugin-proposal-class-properties, babel-plugin-transform-classes
  • #15223 fix: Deleting super property should throw (@SuperSodaSea)
• babel-helpers, babel-plugin-proposal-class-properties, babel-plugin-transform-classes, babel-plugin-transform-object-super
  • #15241 fix: Throw correct error types from sed ant class TDZ helpers (@SuperSodaSea)

:bug: Bug Fix

• babel-parser, babel-plugin-transform-typescript
  • #15209 fix: Support auto accessors with TypeScript annotations (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-traverse
  • #15287 Fix .parentPath after rename in SwitchCase (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-plugin-transform-typescript, babel-traverse
  • #15284 fix: Ts import type and func with duplicate name (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-plugin-transform-block-scoping
  • #15278 Fix tdz analysis for reassigned captured for bindings (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-plugin-proposal-async-generator-functions, babel-preset-env
  • #15235 fix: Transform for await with shadowed variables (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-generator, babel-plugin-proposal-optional-chaining
  • #15258 fix: Correctly generate (a ?? b) as T (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx, babel-types
  • #15233 fix: Emit correct sourcemap ranges for JSXText (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-core, babel-helpers, babel-plugin-transform-computed-properties, babel-runtime-corejs2, babel-runtime-corejs3, babel-runtime
  • #15232 fix: Computed properties should keep original definition order (@SuperSodaSea)
• babel-helper-member-expression-to-functions, babel-helper-replace-supers, babel-plugin-proposal-class-properties, babel-plugin-transform-classes
  • #15223 fix: Deleting super property should throw (@SuperSodaSea)
• babel-generator
  • #15216 fix: Print newlines for leading Comments of TSEnumMember (@liuxingbaoyu)

:nail_care: Polish

• babel-plugin-transform-block-scoping, babel-traverse
  • #15275 Improve relative execution tracking in fn exprs (@nicolo-ribaudo)

:house: Internal

• babel-helper-define-map, babel-plugin-transform-property-mutators
  • #15274 Inline & simplify @babel/helper-define-map (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-core, babel-plugin-proposal-class-properties, babel-plugin-transform-block-scoping, babel-plugin-transform-classes, babel-plugin-transform-destructuring, babel-plugin-transform-parameters, babel-plugin-transform-regenerator, babel-plugin-transform-runtime, babel-preset-env, babel-traverse
  • #15200 Rewrite transform-block-scoping plugin (@nicolo-ribaudo)

:running_woman: Performance

• babel-helper-compilation-targets
  • #15228 perf: Speed up getTargets (@liuxingbaoyu)

v7.18.9 (2022-07-18)

:bug: Bug Fix

• babel-plugin-transform-modules-systemjs, babel-types
  • #14763 fix: allow exporting TSDeclareFunction as default (@zxbodya)
• babel-generator
  • #14758 fix: returnType with comments generates incorrect code (@liuxingbaoyu)

:nail_care: Polish

• babel-cli
  • #14748 Print a message when the watcher of babel-cli is ready. (@liuxingbaoyu)

:house: Internal

• babel-core, babel-helper-remap-async-to-generator, babel-helpers, babel-parser, babel-plugin-transform-block-scoping, babel-preset-env
  • #13414 Prepare for compiling Babel to native ESM (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-helper-create-class-features-plugin, babel-helper-member-expression-to-functions, babel-helper-remap-async-to-generator, babel-helper-replace-supers, babel-helper-wrap-function, babel-helpers, babel-plugin-bugfix-v8-spread-parameters-in-optional-chaining, babel-plugin-proposal-decorators, babel-plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread, babel-plugin-proposal-optional-chaining, babel-plugin-transform-block-scoping, babel-plugin-transform-classes, babel-traverse, babel-types
  • #14739 Provide better parentPath typings (@JLHwung)

:running_woman: Performance

• babel-generator
  • #14701 perf: Improve generator perf (@liuxingbaoyu)

v7.18.6 (2022-06-27)

:eyeglasses: Spec Compliance

• babel-parser
  • #14650 [ts] Disallow property access after instantiation expression (@nicolo-ribaudo)
  • #14636 [ts] Allow ...<...> followed by newline or binary operator (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-generator, babel-parser, babel-preset-env, babel-template
  • #14668 JSON modules should be imported with default (@JLHwung)

:bug: Bug Fix

• babel-helper-remap-async-to-generator, babel-plugin-proposal-async-generator-functions
  • #14391 Transform await in computed class keys (@Yokubjon-J)
• babel-plugin-transform-parameters
  • #14694 fix: preserve function params type if possible (@magic-akari)
• babel-core
  • #14583 fix: Memory leak when deep cloning in babel-core (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-core, babel-helper-check-duplicate-nodes, babel-plugin-bugfix-safari-id-destructuring-collision-in-function-expression, babel-plugin-bugfix-v8-spread-parameters-in-optional-chaining, babel-plugin-proposal-destructuring-private, babel-plugin-proposal-optional-chaining, babel-plugin-transform-runtime
  • #14663 Fix import { types } from "@babel/core" with native ESM (@nicolo-ribaudo)

:house: Internal

• babel-standalone
  • #14697 Add proposal-unicode-sets-regex to @babel/standalone (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• Other
  • #14687 chore: Update bench baselines (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-generator, babel-types
  • #14685 enable TS compiler option: strictBindCallApply (@JLHwung)
• babel-code-frame, babel-core, babel-generator, babel-helper-annotate-as-pure, babel-helper-builder-binary-assignment-operator-visitor, babel-helper-builder-react-jsx, babel-helper-check-duplicate-nodes, babel-helper-compilation-targets, babel-helper-create-class-features-plugin, babel-helper-create-regexp-features-plugin, babel-helper-define-map, babel-helper-explode-assignable-expression, babel-helper-fixtures, babel-helper-function-name, babel-helper-hoist-variables, babel-helper-member-expression-to-functions, babel-helper-module-imports, babel-helper-module-transforms, babel-helper-optimise-call-expression, babel-helper-plugin-test-runner, babel-helper-plugin-utils, babel-helper-remap-async-to-generator, babel-helper-replace-supers, babel-helper-simple-access, babel-helper-split-export-declaration, babel-helper-transform-fixture-test-runner, babel-helper-validator-option, babel-helper-wrap-function, babel-helpers, babel-highlight, babel-plugin-bugfix-v8-spread-parameters-in-optional-chaining, babel-plugin-external-helpers, babel-plugin-proposal-async-generator-functions, babel-plugin-proposal-class-static-block, babel-plugin-proposal-decorators, babel-plugin-proposal-destructuring-private, babel-plugin-proposal-function-bind, babel-plugin-proposal-function-sent, babel-plugin-proposal-json-strings, babel-plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread, babel-plugin-proposal-optional-chaining, babel-plugin-proposal-partial-application, babel-plugin-proposal-pipeline-operator, babel-plugin-proposal-private-property-in-object, babel-plugin-proposal-record-and-tuple, babel-plugin-syntax-typescript, babel-plugin-transform-block-scoped-functions, babel-plugin-transform-block-scoping, babel-plugin-transform-classes, babel-plugin-transform-computed-properties, babel-plugin-transform-destructuring, babel-plugin-transform-duplicate-keys, babel-plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator, babel-plugin-transform-flow-comments, babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types, babel-plugin-transform-for-of, babel-plugin-transform-function-name, babel-plugin-transform-modules-amd, babel-plugin-transform-modules-commonjs, babel-plugin-transform-modules-systemjs, babel-plugin-transform-modules-umd, babel-plugin-transform-object-super, babel-plugin-transform-parameters, babel-plugin-transform-property-mutators, babel-plugin-transform-proto-to-assign, babel-plugin-transform-react-constant-elements, babel-plugin-transform-react-display-name, babel-plugin-transform-react-inline-elements, babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-compat, babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-source, babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx, babel-plugin-transform-runtime, babel-plugin-transform-typescript, babel-plugin-transform-unicode-escapes, babel-preset-env, babel-preset-typescript, babel-standalone, babel-template, babel-traverse, babel-types
  • #14601 enable noImplicitAny (@JLHwung)
• babel-core, babel-helper-transform-fixture-test-runner, babel-plugin-transform-destructuring
  • #14659 Run Babel asynchronously in fixtures (@nicolo-ribaudo)

v7.17.12 (2022-05-16)

:bug: Bug Fix

• babel-plugin-transform-react-constant-elements
  • #14536 Never hoist JSX elts referencing vars from the current scope (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-generator
  • #14524 fix: perserve parentheses of lhs id with rhs unamed fn (@JLHwung)
  • #14532 Print necessary parentheses for functions in postfix expressions (@xiawenqi)
• babel-plugin-transform-destructuring
  • #14494 Update scope info after destructuring transform (@peey)
• babel-parser
  • #14522 fix: allow liberal named type-as imports (@JLHwung)
• babel-parser, babel-plugin-transform-destructuring, babel-types
  • #14500 Fix parsing ts type casts and nested patterns in destructuring (@nicolo-ribaudo)

:house: Internal

• babel-plugin-proposal-decorators, babel-types
  • #14519 @babel/types builder improvements (@JLHwung)
• babel-core
  • #14490 Update to Jest 28 (@JLHwung)
• babel-core, babel-generator, babel-helper-create-class-features-plugin, babel-helper-create-regexp-features-plugin, babel-helper-module-transforms, babel-helper-plugin-utils, babel-parser, babel-plugin-bugfix-safari-id-destructuring-collision-in-function-expression, babel-plugin-bugfix-v8-spread-parameters-in-optional-chaining, babel-plugin-external-helpers, babel-plugin-proposal-async-do-expressions, babel-plugin-proposal-async-generator-functions, babel-plugin-proposal-class-properties, babel-plugin-proposal-class-static-block, babel-plugin-proposal-decorators, babel-plugin-proposal-export-default-from, babel-plugin-proposal-export-namespace-from, babel-plugin-proposal-function-sent, babel-plugin-proposal-json-strings, babel-plugin-proposal-logical-assignment-operators, babel-plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator, babel-plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread, babel-plugin-proposal-optional-chaining, babel-plugin-proposal-partial-application, babel-plugin-proposal-pipeline-operator, babel-plugin-proposal-private-methods, babel-plugin-proposal-private-property-in-object, babel-plugin-proposal-record-and-tuple, babel-plugin-proposal-unicode-property-regex, babel-plugin-syntax-decorators, babel-plugin-syntax-destructuring-private, babel-plugin-syntax-flow, babel-plugin-syntax-import-assertions, babel-plugin-syntax-pipeline-operator, babel-plugin-syntax-record-and-tuple, babel-plugin-syntax-typescript, babel-plugin-transform-arrow-functions, babel-plugin-transform-async-to-generator, babel-plugin-transform-block-scoping, babel-plugin-transform-classes, babel-plugin-transform-computed-properties, babel-plugin-transform-destructuring, babel-plugin-transform-duplicate-keys, babel-plugin-transform-flow-comments, babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types, babel-plugin-transform-for-of, babel-plugin-transform-instanceof, babel-plugin-transform-jscript, babel-plugin-transform-literals, babel-plugin-transform-modules-amd, babel-plugin-transform-modules-commonjs, babel-plugin-transform-modules-systemjs, babel-plugin-transform-modules-umd, babel-plugin-transform-named-capturing-groups-regex, babel-plugin-transform-new-target, babel-plugin-transform-parameters, babel-plugin-transform-property-mutators, babel-plugin-transform-proto-to-assign, babel-plugin-transform-react-constant-elements, babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx, babel-plugin-transform-reserved-words, babel-plugin-transform-runtime, babel-plugin-transform-spread, babel-plugin-transform-template-literals, babel-plugin-transform-typeof-symbol, babel-plugin-transform-typescript, babel-preset-env, babel-preset-flow, babel-preset-react, babel-preset-typescript, babel-traverse, babel-types
  • #14499 Provide plugin/preset typings from plugin-utils (@JLHwung)