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Merge modules before minification #27

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gfwilliams opened this issue Mar 30, 2016 · 0 comments · Fixed by #80
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Merge modules before minification #27

gfwilliams opened this issue Mar 30, 2016 · 0 comments · Fixed by #80

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Add a minification option that converts module code of the form:

// these lines currently get added by the ide
Modules.removeAllCached();
Modules.addModule("x","exports.foo = function() {console.log('Hello'); };exports.unused = 42;");
// actual code
var a = require("x");
a.foo();

to something like:

// these lines currently get added by the ide
var required_x = (function(){
  var exports = {}; 
  exports.foo = function() {console.log('Hello'); }; 
  exports.unused = 42;
  return exports; 
})();
// actual code
var a = required_x;
a.foo();

This might need some tweaking, but the idea is that when the minifier runs, it can:

  • Inline small functions/variables in modules
  • Make function names in modules a single name
  • Detect unused functions and totally remove them

This would massively decrease the size of uploaded code.

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