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@babel/plugin-transform-optional-catch-binding
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Compile optional catch bindings
See our website @babel/plugin-transform-optional-catch-binding for more information.
Using npm:
npm install --save-dev @babel/plugin-transform-optional-catch-binding
or using yarn:
yarn add @babel/plugin-transform-optional-catch-binding --dev
This package transforms ES2015 block scoping (let and const) to ES5. It is similar in the sense that it also transforms newer JavaScript syntax to be compatible with older environments, but it focuses on variable declarations rather than catch bindings.
This package transforms ES2015 default, rest, and destructured parameters to ES5. Like @babel/plugin-transform-optional-catch-binding, it deals with transforming modern JavaScript features to ensure compatibility with older JavaScript engines, but it focuses on function parameters instead of error handling.
This package allows the transformation of the optional chaining syntax (?.) which is a feature proposed for JavaScript. It is similar to @babel/plugin-transform-optional-catch-binding in that it deals with optional syntax features, but it focuses on property access rather than error handling.
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Compile optional catch bindings
The npm package @babel/plugin-transform-optional-catch-binding receives a total of 24,606,363 weekly downloads. As such, @babel/plugin-transform-optional-catch-binding popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @babel/plugin-transform-optional-catch-binding 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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