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@babel/plugin-transform-block-scoped-functions
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Babel plugin to ensure function declarations at the block level are block scoped
Babel plugin to ensure function declarations at the block level are block scoped
See our website @babel/plugin-transform-block-scoped-functions for more information.
Using npm:
npm install --save-dev @babel/plugin-transform-block-scoped-functions
or using yarn:
yarn add @babel/plugin-transform-block-scoped-functions --dev
Similar to @babel/plugin-transform-block-scoped-functions, this package transforms let and const declarations to be properly scoped to blocks, ensuring compatibility with older environments. While @babel/plugin-transform-block-scoped-functions focuses specifically on function declarations, @babel/plugin-transform-block-scoping handles all block-scoped declarations.
While not a direct equivalent, @babel/preset-env includes @babel/plugin-transform-block-scoped-functions as part of its comprehensive transformation of ES6+ code to be compatible with a target environment. It provides a broader range of transformations, including block-scoped functions, making it a more versatile choice for projects needing wide-ranging compatibility.
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Babel plugin to ensure function declarations at the block level are block scoped
The npm package @babel/plugin-transform-block-scoped-functions receives a total of 30,387,207 weekly downloads. As such, @babel/plugin-transform-block-scoped-functions popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @babel/plugin-transform-block-scoped-functions 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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