v7.22.5 (2023-06-08)

:bug: Bug Fix

• babel-preset-env, babel-standalone
  • #15675 Fix using syntax-unicode-sets-regex in standalone (@nicolo-ribaudo)

:nail_care: Polish

• babel-core
  • #15683 Suggest -transform- when resolving missing plugins (@nicolo-ribaudo)

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)

v7.19.0 (2022-09-05)

:eyeglasses: Spec Compliance

• babel-parser
  • #14666 Support private name in decorator member expression (@JLHwung)
• babel-helpers, babel-plugin-proposal-async-generator-functions, babel-preset-env, babel-runtime-corejs2, babel-runtime-corejs3, babel-runtime
  • #14877 Remove one promise tick in yield* (tc39/ecma262#2819) (@nicolo-ribaudo)

:rocket: New Feature

• babel-generator, babel-helpers, babel-parser, babel-plugin-proposal-decorators, babel-plugin-syntax-decorators, babel-runtime-corejs2, babel-runtime-corejs3, babel-runtime
  • #14836 Add 2022-03 decorators version (stage 3) (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-parser
  • #14695 [parser] Make decoratorsBeforeExport default to false (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-generator, babel-parser
  • #14744 Default to hash syntax for Record&Tuple (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-standalone
  • #14867 feat: add proposal-record-and-tuple to standalone (@JLHwung)
• babel-helper-create-regexp-features-plugin, babel-helpers, babel-plugin-proposal-duplicate-named-capturing-groups-regex, babel-plugin-transform-named-capturing-groups-regex, babel-standalone
  • #14805 Add support for the duplicate named capturing groups proposal (@nicolo-ribaudo)

:bug: Bug Fix

• babel-helper-function-name, babel-helper-wrap-function, babel-plugin-transform-classes
  • #14897 Fix: class transform should not drop method definition when key contains non-BMP characters (@JLHwung)
• babel-plugin-transform-typescript
  • #14890 fix: TS plugin shouldn't remove #privateField! (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-parser
  • #14819 fix: parse a<b>>>c as a<(b>>>c) (@JLHwung)
• babel-helper-builder-react-jsx
  • #14886 Fix helper-builder-react-jsx compat with Babel 7.9 (@JLHwung)

:nail_care: Polish

• babel-core
  • #11612 Make error message prefixes more descriptive (@eps1lon)
  • #11554 Hide internal @babel/core functions in config errors (@nicolo-ribaudo)

:memo: Documentation

• #14895 docs: remove david-dm from README (@SukkaW)

:house: Internal

• babel-standalone
  • #14863 ship @babel/standalone source maps (@JLHwung)
• babel-core, babel-parser, babel-traverse
  • #14880 Update typescript to 4.8 (@JLHwung)

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)