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js_parser: keep the declaration that names a single-use function or class outside a bundle - #36313
Under bun run, const f = () => {}; return f.name is "" (node: "f"), and its stack frame reads <anonymous>. Block-level functions too.
The single-use inliner (src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs:2008) moves the function out of the let or const that names it. The AOT compiler copies that (src/aot/lower/statement/declarations.rs).
Fix
Outside a bundle, the inliner leaves a let or const whose initializer is an anonymous function, arrow or class. The AOT lowering does the same.
The transpiler cache version is 52: version 51 entries replay the old text.
Verified: runtime-transpiler.test.ts, transpiler.test.js, inspect.test.js (fail on main), 2 AOT IR tests, 2 parity programs.
Cost: +256 bytes of .text, 1 bytecode per kept binding, the last free SymbolFlags bit.
Notes
Builds. The numbers come from two release builds of one checkout at main 2596ac5: main's src/ and this branch's. The branch has since merged main 447ff87. The diff under src/ is the same. On the merged head, a debug build ran the 5 changed test files, and a release build ran the AOT checks below. node v26.3.0.
Rows.runtime-transpiler.test.ts has 24 rows that node answers. Main equals node in 6. The branch equals node in 24, as an ES module, as a CommonJS module and under bun -e.
AOT compiler.
The compiler has its own front end. It models the inliner in one place, find_casts_up_to_return: let|const f = <value>; return f lowers <value> as the returned value, with no name. test/aot/ir/lower/tail-calls/named-once.ts pinned that for const made = function () {}.
With the transpiler change alone, plain Bun and the executable differ in 12 of 65 probe rows. With the lowering change those 12 agree with node.
named-once.ts now holds a function, an arrow and a class by name, and a function behind ?: that stays unnamed. scopes/dead-zone-switch-constant-read-by-a-closure.js expects the name of its arrow. Both fail with main's lowering.
Bun's own modules get the name too. src/js has the shape in one place (src/js/node/vm.ts, importModuleDynamicallyWrapper). Plain release Bun still moves that one, because the builtins are a --minify-syntax bundle.
All 8,405 programs under test/aot/parallel ran under plain Bun on both builds. 8 change their output: 5 in names (4 that this PR adds or edits, and function-members/name-of-a-function-asked-again-and-again.js) and 4 in frame positions under errors/. 12 more are not deterministic on either build. A scan of the syntax trees finds let|const x = <anonymous> directly before return x in 6 files there, and in 7 after the merge.
On the merged head, 13 such programs pass test/aot/run-parallel.ts in its 4 ways (as written, --aot-erase-types, --aot-testing=FailSpeculations:3, --aot-harden=proof-checks). The 4 under errors/ pass through the rule that frames are not held, as on main. The 7 programs of test/aot/library-sweeps pass.
test/aot/the-suites-of-the-test-runner-run-compiled.known.txt loses the describe(MyClass) lines: bun test now gives that title too. Its test passes on the merged head.
Gone, because plain Bun and the executable now agree: the keep(); call in test/aot/fuzz/function-name-length-own-keys.ts, the lastMade stores in defining-the-name-a-function-already-has.js, and agreesButForFunctionsDeclaredInBlocks in test/aot/fuzz/fuzzilli/run-batch.ts. The fuzz source ran for 5 minutes: 23,704 programs, 0 findings. The Fuzzilli lane did not run here. 16 shapes of block functions and single-use constants agree between plain Bun and the executable, strict and sloppy.
bun run rust:test -p bun_aot on the merged head: 3,405 unit tests pass and every IR file passes.
Tests.
Fail on main's src/, pass here: runtime-transpiler.test.ts (5 tests), transpiler.test.js (1), inspect.test.js (2, the f.length; workaround is gone).
Pass on both, by design: bundler_minify.test.ts (minify/SingleUseFunctionMovesToItsUse pins what a bundle keeps) and esbuild/extra.test.ts.
FunctionHoistingKeepNames3 and 4 are todo now. The bundle holds let f2 = function() {}; f = f2; and no __name(f2, "f"). They passed while the runtime moved the function into f = function() {}. bundler: implement --keep-names with __name helper #40503 owns --keep-names.
bun pm diff prints with syntax minified and no renamer, so it shows a function moved out of its variable as a change. runtime-transpiler.test.ts has that test.
What else users see. All of these come from the same declaration that stays.
A snapshot that 1.4.2 wrote as [Error: boom] or { "size": 1 } fails here: the values print as [MyError: boom] and Widget { "size": 1 }.
describe(fn) with a single-use const arrow throws on 1.4.2 ("describe() expects first argument to be a named class, named function, number, or string"). Here the title is the name. describe(MyClass) had an empty title.
mock(impl).name is "impl", where it was "".
A message that quotes the source reads q.y is not a function where it read (() => {}).y is not a function, and new Q().go where it read the whole class text.
The flag.SymbolFlags::INITIALIZER_NOT_NAMED_BY_DECL is set when the initializer as written is not an anonymous function, arrow or class. Without it, a function that a fold leaves bare stays in a declaration that names it. Five rows that equal node on main would turn wrong: comma, nullish, and, conditional, and comma through a second variable. When #42691 is in too, the flag can go and the 4 todo rows pass.
The todo rows.const a = (0, () => {}); const f = () => {}; return first(a, f).name is "" on main and "a" here. On main the inliner moves f and then a. Here f stays, so a stays, and the fold has left a a bare arrow. The same fold gives "qq" for const q = (0, () => {}); return q.name + q.name on main. The executable reads "" in both cases.
Why a guard, and not the inliner off at run time. The inliner moves every single-use value. This bug needs one case of it to stop. #47727 stops another case at the same if (a call result in front of return) and keeps the rest.
Measurements.
Bundles: 6 entries (typescript.js, lodash, react-dom, express, axios, rollup) with --minify-syntax, --minify, --minify-syntax --target=bun and --minify-syntax --format=cjs --target=node. 24 of 24 have the same sha256 on both builds.
Outside a bundle: Bun.Transpiler with minify.syntax over 2,144 library files (lodash, webpack, svelte, axios, react, react-dom, express, rollup, yargs, commander, typescript/lib). 19 files differ, +1,041 of 26,307,048 bytes. typescript.js grows by 354 bytes.
Instructions in user space for 20 transpiles of typescript.js, 5 runs each, interleaved: main 19,736,114,956 (spread 2,924,533), branch 19,733,843,621 (spread 960,935). The difference is inside the spread.
.text: 108,257,833 to 108,258,089 bytes. The file size stays 138,119,440.
Bytecode: const q = () => {}; return q.name is 5 instructions in 16 bytes. The moved form is 4 instructions in 13 bytes.
Cache: main writes 3780494c0d46338e.pile for a 6 KiB file and prints "". The branch finds the same file name, rejects version 51, and prints "q". Without the bump it would replay main's text.
Self-review. Two rounds, 25 concerns. In part, from the first round: four dead-zone rows stay where they are, and no AOT program stores the output of the fold rows. Open for a maintainer: whether --keep-names bundles belong here (#45022 has that part) or wait for #40503.
Not in this PR.String(f) of a block-level function (#44741). Folds that leave a bare function, and ({ B: class {} }).B.name (#42691, #42585). --keep-names in bundles and in Bun's builtins (#40503).
A let/const binding with an anonymous function, arrow or class expression
as its initializer is a NamedEvaluation context: the value receives the
binding name as its ".name" property. The single-use inlining pass was
substituting such an initializer into its sole use site, which drops that
name and makes it observably empty.
This is always on at runtime (target=bun implies minify_syntax), and the
block-level function-declaration lowering produces exactly this shape, so
"{ function f() {} ... }" was losing f.name whenever f was referenced
exactly once. First observed as performance.timerify() emitting entries
with an empty name for a block-scoped function declaration.
The parser now tracks whether a declaration names its function or class initializer and uses that information when considering single-use substitution. AOT lowering and transpiler tests add coverage for inferred names, substitution, and related output.
Changes
Declaration-Inferred Names
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Summary
Track declaration naming during substitution src/ast/symbol.rs, src/js_parser/p.rs, src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs
A symbol flag records when an initializer is not named by its declaration. The parser checks whether a declaration names a value before single-use substitution.
Apply and test declaration names in AOT src/aot/lower/statement/declarations.rs, test/aot/ir/lower/*, test/aot/parallel/inferred-names/*, test/aot/parallel/classes-and-closures/*, test/aot/fuzz/*, test/aot/the-suites-of-the-test-runner-run-compiled.known.txt
AOT lowering checks whether declarations name function and class initializers. Tests cover inferred names across declaration and expression contexts. Related fuzz workarounds and name-insensitive difference handling are removed.
Verify transpiler naming and movement src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs, test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts, test/bundler/esbuild/extra.test.ts, test/bundler/transpiler/*, test/js/bun/util/inspect.test.js
The runtime transpiler cache format version changes from 51 to 52. Tests cover inferred names and substitution behavior; two keep-name tests are marked as todo.
Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner, dylan-conway, alii
Severity of issue fixed: Medium
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 60e8b
This change stops the transpiler from moving anonymous functions and classes out of their let/const declarations, so their inferred names are preserved. The behavior is covered by new tests and the runtime transpiler cache version is bumped. No concrete merge-blocking risk was identified.
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The reviewed head diff contains changes outside the stated scope. The PR description covers the single-use inlining pass in the runtime transpiler (src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs, the new transpiler tes…
Remove the src/aot/** lowering change and the test/aot/** fixture and known-difference edits from this PR, or move them to a separate PR with its own linked issue and description. Keep the PR limited to the runtime transpiler inlining g…
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Directly linked #20398 requires a[0].name to be "f" when const f = () => 0 is stored in an array and read without accessing .name first. The reviewed head adds P::declaration_names_value and a guard in the single-use substitution condition in src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs (!p.declaration_names_value(symbol, &replacement)). For an anonymous arrow initializer, the guard blocks inlining, so the let/const declaration keeps the NamedEvaluation context and the binding name. Named function expressions and non-function values still inline. The PR description reports a before/after runtime run in test/js/bun/transpiler/transpiler-inline-anonymous-fn-name.test.ts that shows the fix. I did not execute the tests. #22770 is closed and was not used as a requirement.
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The reviewed head diff contains changes outside the stated scope. The PR description covers the single-use inlining pass in the runtime transpiler (src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs, the new transpiler test, and test/bundler/esbuild/extra.test.ts). The head diff of src/aot/lower/statement/declarations.rs also changes AOT lowering. It replaces is_class_named_by_its_declaration with is_named_by_its_declaration, which now treats arrow and unnamed function expressions as named by their declaration. The AI summary also lists further AOT-related changes: src/ast/symbol.rs (new flag), src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs (version bump), and several test/aot/** fixtures, including removed known-difference entries and rewritten expectations. Neither #20398 nor the PR description requires AOT lowering changes. The AOT changes do not connect to the stated transpiler objective. Scope uncertainty: the raw summary lists about 20 files, while the PR description lists 3. I did not inspect every listed file.
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Remove the src/aot/** lowering change and the test/aot/** fixture and known-difference edits from this PR, or move them to a separate PR with its own linked issue and description. Keep the PR limited to the runtime transpiler inlining guard, its RuntimeTranspilerCache version bump if the cache format change is required, and the related tests. Update the PR description so it lists every changed file.
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…es gap)
--keep-names does not emit __name() for the block-level function
declaration lowering, so the bundled output gives f.name === "f2"
(node agrees on the bundled output). These two tests only passed before
because the runtime transpiler inlined the single-use let back into the
var assignment, which re-applied NamedEvaluation with the original name.
Same gap FunctionHoistingKeepNames1/2 were already marked todo for.
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LGTM — my earlier feedback (link a tracking issue for the --keep-names block-level-lowering gap) was addressed: #36320 is now referenced from all four FunctionHoistingKeepNames todos.
What was reviewed:
The bail-out reuses the existing is_anonymous_named() helper (arrow / nameless fn / nameless class) and uses break, matching every other exit in that loop; refusing to inline is always semantics-preserving, so this can only cost minification, not correctness.
Verified named function expressions and non-function initializers still fall through and inline (covered by t4/t5).
Re-checked the FunctionHoistingKeepNames3/4 → todo transition: bundler output is unchanged, node already produced "f2" on the same bytes, and the gap is now tracked in #36320.
Confirmed the #36320 links are present in the current PR diff (the finder's "lost during branch rewrite" concern was ruled out).
Extended reasoning...
Overview
Six-line guard in src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs inside the single-use-let inlining loop: if the initializer of the last decl is an anonymous function/arrow/class expression, break out of the inlining loop instead of substituting it into its sole use site. This preserves the .name the value receives via NamedEvaluation at the declaration site. New test file exercises the runtime transpiler (spawned subprocess), the Bun.Transpiler API, and the block-level function-declaration lowering shape from #20398/#22770. Two --keep-names bundler tests that were passing by accident (bun's runtime transpiler was re-inlining the bundled output and masking a pre-existing gap) are marked todo and linked to #36320.
Security risks
None. Pure minifier-optimization bail-out; no untrusted input handling, no memory management, no FFI.
Level of scrutiny
The parser's inlining pass runs on every file bun executes, so it warrants care — but this change is strictly conservative: it only declines an optimization, so the worst case is slightly less compact output, never a new correctness bug. is_anonymous_named() is the same helper already used throughout visit_decls/visit_binding for exactly this NamedEvaluation purpose, and break matches every other bail-out in this loop (the loop only ever looks at the last decl, so an un-inlined last decl blocks earlier ones regardless). I couldn't construct a shape where this over- or under-bails: named function expressions carry an intrinsic name and correctly fall through to the identifier check; conditional/comma-wrapped anonymous functions aren't NamedEvaluation targets and is_anonymous_named() correctly returns false for those.
Other factors
My previous review's only ask (tracking issue for the todo'd tests) was addressed; #36320 is linked from all four FunctionHoistingKeepNames entries in the current diff.
The PR description's mechgate evidence shows the new tests fail on main (["","","","named",43,""]) and pass with the fix, in both debug+ASAN and release.
Test hygiene follows CLAUDE.md conventions: bunExe/bunEnv, using tempDir, concurrent pipe drain, exit code asserted alongside stdout/stderr in one object.
All inline review threads on the PR are resolved; no outstanding human feedback.
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Thanks for filing #36320 and linking it from the four FunctionHoistingKeepNames todos — that addresses my earlier note. The fix itself looks correct and the tests are thorough; deferring to a maintainer only because this sits in the parser's single-use inlining path and trades a very common inlining opportunity (const f = () => {}) for spec-correct .name, which is worth a human ack.
What was reviewed:
is_anonymous_named() covers exactly EArrow / nameless EFunction / nameless EClass; break matches the other bail-outs in the same loop.
Traced the KeepNames3/4 green→todo transition — bundler output is unchanged; the runtime transpiler was previously masking the pre-existing #36320 gap.
New tests spawn a fresh process, drain pipes concurrently, and cover fn/arrow/class/named/non-fn plus the #20398 array-literal substitution shape.
Extended reasoning...
Overview
Six-line addition to the single-use-variable inlining loop in src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs: bail out when the initializer is an anonymous function/arrow/class expression, because the let/const binding is a NamedEvaluation context and inlining would drop the observable .name. Ships a new 3-test file exercising the runtime transpiler and Bun.Transpiler, and marks extra/FunctionHoistingKeepNames3/4 as todo (linked to newly-filed #36320) since they only passed before because the runtime transpiler's inlining was papering over a pre-existing --keep-names gap.
Security risks
None. Pure AST-optimization change; no untrusted input handling, allocation, or FFI touched.
Level of scrutiny
High — src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs runs on every JS/TS file Bun loads, and the inlining pass is active by default (runtime transpiler enables minify_syntax). The change is strictly conservative (only ever skips an optimization, never adds one), so the correctness risk is low, but the surface area is the entire runtime. The design tradeoff — losing inlining for every single-use const f = () => {} in a nested scope in exchange for spec-correct .name — is clearly the right call, but a maintainer should confirm they're happy taking it rather than a narrower fix (e.g. only when keep_names is off, or naming the function expression at the block-level-lowering site instead).
Other factors
My previous inline nit (link a tracking issue for the two green→todo tests) was addressed in a331541; all four FunctionHoistingKeepNames todos now reference #36320.
is_anonymous_named() is the same helper already used by visit_decls/visit_binding/visit_class for NamedEvaluation handling, so no new predicate.
The break placement is consistent with every other bail-out in the 'inner loop; it correctly stops back-to-back inlining once an un-inlinable decl is hit (earlier decls can't be reordered past it anyway).
Tests follow harness conventions (bunEnv/bunExe/tempDir/await using, concurrent pipe drain, combined-object assertion), and the PR body shows the suite failing on main and passing with the fix under both ASAN-debug and release.
One more user-visible effect of the same inlining, for the record: the substituted function also loses its name in error.stack, so any helper that is defined in a const and called exactly once shows up as <anonymous> (or async <anonymous>) in stack traces.
$ node a.mjs
at nested (file:///tmp/a.mjs:1:49)
$ bun a.mjs # 1.4.0 and current main
at <anonymous> (/tmp/a.mjs:1:53)
The same happens for const handler = async () => {...}; await handler(); (async <anonymous>), an anonymous function () {} initializer, and const K = class {...}; new K() (node prints at new K). outer is transpiled to (() => { throw Error("A"); })();, so there is no binding left for the engine to infer a name from; adding a second reference to the binding makes bun print at nested.
I applied the src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs change from this PR on top of current main (it applies cleanly) and all four shapes above print the same frame names as node (nested, handler, fn, new K), while a non-function single-use binding (const x = fn(); return x.y();) still inlines to return fn().y();. So this PR covers the stack trace case as well; I am not opening a separate PR for it.
… no renamer runs
The single-use inliner moved `const f = () => {}` into the only use of
`f`. That declaration is what names the function, so `f.name` was "" and
its stack frame was `<anonymous>`. A read in a place that also names
(`{ k: f }`, `sink = f`) gave the function the wrong name.
- The inliner leaves an anonymous function, arrow or class in its `let`
or `const` when no renamer runs: at run time, with `--no-bundle`, and
in `Bun.Transpiler` without identifier minification. A bundle prints
the same bytes as before.
- `visit_decl` records on the symbol that the initializer, as written,
is not an anonymous function or class. A fold can leave one there
(`const f = (0, () => {})`), and the inliner still moves that value.
- The transpiler cache version moves to 52, so a cached file is
transpiled again.
- The tests move into the existing transpiler test files.
FunctionHoistingKeepNames3 and 4 passed only because the run time
moved the function of the bundle again. They are todo.
Co-authored-by: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
…lumns
- Two parity programs named each block function a second time, because
plain Bun moved a function that is named once into the place of its
name. Plain Bun keeps the declaration now, so they name it once and
still print what the executable prints.
- places-throw-with-another-text-or-column.js: the frame that calls a
single-use arrow has the column of the call, as in node (105:60, was
105:53). Four stored lines.
- src/aot: the front end can no longer see a function printed in place
of its only use, so the two arms that found positions inside such a
function and their recursion guard go. `Printed::Function` stays for
a name in code that the transpiler drops, and carries nothing.
- inspect.test.js: the `f.length;` workaround and its TODO go. Both
tests fail without the fix.
- AOT tests: one more parity program, one fuzz source and the records
of Bun's own tests no longer read a function twice. A new parity
program prints the names of functions that are read once.
- bun pm diff compares re-printed text: a function moved out of the
variable that names it is a change now. One row.
- runtime-transpiler.test.ts: a row for an operand, and todo rows for a
function that a fold leaves behind a name.
- The gate leaves a bundle as esbuild prints it. The comments say so.
The lowering treats the initializer of a let or const that is read once, by
the return behind it, as the returned value: plain Bun moves it there. Plain
Bun now leaves a declaration that names an anonymous function, arrow or class,
so the lowering leaves it too and the value takes the name.
… arm by a test
The lowering no longer asks whether a file is one of Bun's own modules: a
function, arrow or class that a let or const names takes the name there too.
The IR test named-once.ts holds the arrow and the class beside the function.
dead-zone-switch-constant-read-by-a-closure.js expects the name of its arrow.
The driver of generated programs no longer passes over names of functions
that a block declares or that a constant read once holds: plain Bun and the
executable agree on them now.
The no-bundle condition and the cache version come from #45022.
Co-authored-by: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
The known list of cases that end otherwise under bun test --aot held this
one: the transpiler of bun test moved the class into its use, where it got
no name. Both runs give the title MyClass now.
robobun
changed the title
js_parser: don't inline single-use anonymous fn/arrow/class initializers
js_parser: keep the declaration that names a single-use function or class outside a bundle
Nov 11, 2026
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The src/aot and test/aot changes are the second half of this fix. They belong in this PR.
The AOT tests hold an executable to the output of bun <file> (test/aot/run-parallel.ts).
For let|const x = <value>; return x, the AOT lowering copies the single-use inliner. The value gets no name from the variable (src/aot/lower/statement/declarations.rs:108 and :228-238). On main, test/aot/ir/lower/tail-calls/named-once.ts pins a closure with no name for const made = function () {}; return made;.
So with one half alone, bun <file> and the executable give that function different names: "made" and "".
The other test/aot edits remove what was built around this inlining. These are the keep(); call, the lastMade stores, agreesButForFunctionsDeclaredInBlocks and the describe(MyClass) lines of the known list. Each removed comment names the inlining as its reason.
The description names the AOT half in Problem and Fix. The list of 3 files at its end is test evidence from an earlier revision (a331541).
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.
Beyond the inline findings, I also checked the block-level function lowering (the #20398 repro): the synthesized let f = function(){} never sets INITIALIZER_NOT_NAMED_BY_DECL, and the unset default is the keep-the-declaration side of declaration_names_value, so that path is covered rather than broken. The bun pm diff test in runtime-transpiler.test.ts reports a genuine source difference between the two fixture packages, not a printer artifact. Checks were done by reading; no tests were run in this review.
Extended reasoning...
The change adds a symbol flag in src/ast/symbol.rs, sets it in visit_decl in src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs, and gates single-use inlining through the new declaration_names_value in src/js_parser/p.rs, with a parallel AOT lowering generalization and a cache version bump; no security-sensitive surface. Three inline findings already signal that a human look is needed, so this note only records what else was examined.
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🟡 nit (optional): the renamer-path assertion only checks a substring, so a maintainer gets no signal if the minified output grows unexpected text around it. sweep:toContain\("\{return\(\(\)=>\{\}\)\.name\}"\). Fix: assert the whole minified output with toBe (the full function f(){return(()=>{}).name} text plus trailing newline), and likewise prefer exact-line checks over toContain for the two expectFile checks added in test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts:252-253.
Why this was flagged
test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js:4755 asserts expect(print({ minify: true }, ...)).toContain("{return(()=>{}).name}"). The sibling checks a few lines above use toBe on the complete output. A regression that leaves the function in place but also emits extra statements, or changes the wrapper, still satisfies toContain. REVIEW.md asks for toBe over toContain so each assertion asserts the strongest invariant; the same looseness is in the two toContain checks at test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts:252-253. No user-facing behaviour differs from the base branch; this is test strength only.
Verification: nit. The renamer-path case at test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js:4755 drops to a substring check: expect(print({ minify: true }, "const q = () => {}; return q.name;")).toContain("{return(()=>{}).name}");. A substring check cannot fail on extra emitted statements or a changed wrapper around the function body, so it asserts a weaker invariant than its siblings.
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Right for transpiler.test.js:4755. One correction to the text: with minify: true the renamer prints t for f, and no newline ends the output. A build of main (367d939) prints function t(){return(()=>{}).name}.
The next push to this branch asserts that text with toBe. I did not push for it alone, because CI runs on the head now.
The two checks in bundler_minify.test.ts stay. That file holds bundle output with expectFile(..).toContain in 31 other places, and each of the two strings is a whole statement.
@Jarred-Sumner one decision here is yours. #45022 fixes the same bug at the same if, and it also keeps these declarations in --keep-names bundles. This PR leaves every bundle as it is, and marks FunctionHoistingKeepNames3 and 4 as todo until #40503. If you want the --keep-names part here, I add the || minify_keep_names term and the hunk for lowered block functions from #45022.
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Fixes #20398
Problem
bun run,const f = () => {}; return f.nameis""(node:"f"), and its stack frame reads<anonymous>. Block-level functions too.src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs:2008) moves the function out of theletorconstthat names it. The AOT compiler copies that (src/aot/lower/statement/declarations.rs).Fix
letorconstwhose initializer is an anonymous function, arrow or class. The AOT lowering does the same.runtime-transpiler.test.ts,transpiler.test.js,inspect.test.js(fail on main), 2 AOT IR tests, 2 parity programs.(0, value)where a fold would let a binding name an anonymous function or class #42691 changes those rows).Background
const f = (0, () => {})names nothing, but a fold leaves the bare arrow. A symbol flag moves it, until js_parser: keep(0, value)where a fold would let a binding name an anonymous function or class #42691 fixes the folds.ifwithout the flag or the AOT half, and changes--keep-namesbundles. Here 24 of 24 bundles keep main's sha256.Downsides
constchange:{ "size": 1 }becomesWidget { "size": 1 }, as in Jest. Runbun test -u.--minify-syntaxbundles and builtins (bundler: implement --keep-names with __name helper #40503),String(f)of a block function (js_parser: keep a sloppy block-level function as a declaration when no renamer runs #44741),({ B: class {} }).B.name(js_parser: do not fold{ f: () => {} }.fto the bare function #42585). New: a function behind a fold, before a kept declaration, takes its variable's name (todo rows)..text, 1 bytecode per kept binding, the last freeSymbolFlagsbit.Notes
Builds. The numbers come from two release builds of one checkout at main 2596ac5: main's
src/and this branch's. The branch has since merged main 447ff87. The diff undersrc/is the same. On the merged head, a debug build ran the 5 changed test files, and a release build ran the AOT checks below. node v26.3.0.Rows.
runtime-transpiler.test.tshas 24 rows that node answers. Main equals node in 6. The branch equals node in 24, as an ES module, as a CommonJS module and underbun -e.AOT compiler.
find_casts_up_to_return:let|const f = <value>; return flowers<value>as the returned value, with no name.test/aot/ir/lower/tail-calls/named-once.tspinned that forconst made = function () {}.named-once.tsnow holds a function, an arrow and a class by name, and a function behind?:that stays unnamed.scopes/dead-zone-switch-constant-read-by-a-closure.jsexpects the name of its arrow. Both fail with main's lowering.src/jshas the shape in one place (src/js/node/vm.ts,importModuleDynamicallyWrapper). Plain release Bun still moves that one, because the builtins are a--minify-syntaxbundle.test/aot/parallelran under plain Bun on both builds. 8 change their output: 5 in names (4 that this PR adds or edits, andfunction-members/name-of-a-function-asked-again-and-again.js) and 4 in frame positions undererrors/. 12 more are not deterministic on either build. A scan of the syntax trees findslet|const x = <anonymous>directly beforereturn xin 6 files there, and in 7 after the merge.test/aot/run-parallel.tsin its 4 ways (as written,--aot-erase-types,--aot-testing=FailSpeculations:3,--aot-harden=proof-checks). The 4 undererrors/pass through the rule that frames are not held, as on main. The 7 programs oftest/aot/library-sweepspass.test/aot/the-suites-of-the-test-runner-run-compiled.known.txtloses thedescribe(MyClass)lines:bun testnow gives that title too. Its test passes on the merged head.keep();call intest/aot/fuzz/function-name-length-own-keys.ts, thelastMadestores indefining-the-name-a-function-already-has.js, andagreesButForFunctionsDeclaredInBlocksintest/aot/fuzz/fuzzilli/run-batch.ts. The fuzz source ran for 5 minutes: 23,704 programs, 0 findings. The Fuzzilli lane did not run here. 16 shapes of block functions and single-use constants agree between plain Bun and the executable, strict and sloppy.bun run rust:test -p bun_aoton the merged head: 3,405 unit tests pass and every IR file passes.Tests.
src/, pass here:runtime-transpiler.test.ts(5 tests),transpiler.test.js(1),inspect.test.js(2, thef.length;workaround is gone).bundler_minify.test.ts(minify/SingleUseFunctionMovesToItsUsepins what a bundle keeps) andesbuild/extra.test.ts.FunctionHoistingKeepNames3and4aretodonow. The bundle holdslet f2 = function() {}; f = f2;and no__name(f2, "f"). They passed while the runtime moved the function intof = function() {}. bundler: implement --keep-names with __name helper #40503 owns--keep-names.bun pm diffprints with syntax minified and no renamer, so it shows a function moved out of its variable as a change.runtime-transpiler.test.tshas that test.What else users see. All of these come from the same declaration that stays.
[Error: boom]or{ "size": 1 }fails here: the values print as[MyError: boom]andWidget { "size": 1 }.describe(fn)with a single-useconstarrow throws on 1.4.2 ("describe() expects first argument to be a named class, named function, number, or string"). Here the title is the name.describe(MyClass)had an empty title.mock(impl).nameis"impl", where it was"".q.y is not a functionwhere it read(() => {}).y is not a function, andnew Q().gowhere it read the whole class text.The flag.
SymbolFlags::INITIALIZER_NOT_NAMED_BY_DECLis set when the initializer as written is not an anonymous function, arrow or class. Without it, a function that a fold leaves bare stays in a declaration that names it. Five rows that equal node on main would turn wrong: comma, nullish, and, conditional, and comma through a second variable. When #42691 is in too, the flag can go and the 4 todo rows pass.The todo rows.
const a = (0, () => {}); const f = () => {}; return first(a, f).nameis""on main and"a"here. On main the inliner movesfand thena. Herefstays, soastays, and the fold has leftaa bare arrow. The same fold gives"qq"forconst q = (0, () => {}); return q.name + q.nameon main. The executable reads""in both cases.Why a guard, and not the inliner off at run time. The inliner moves every single-use value. This bug needs one case of it to stop. #47727 stops another case at the same
if(a call result in front ofreturn) and keeps the rest.Measurements.
--minify-syntax,--minify,--minify-syntax --target=bunand--minify-syntax --format=cjs --target=node. 24 of 24 have the same sha256 on both builds.Bun.Transpilerwithminify.syntaxover 2,144 library files (lodash, webpack, svelte, axios, react, react-dom, express, rollup, yargs, commander, typescript/lib). 19 files differ, +1,041 of 26,307,048 bytes. typescript.js grows by 354 bytes..text: 108,257,833 to 108,258,089 bytes. The file size stays 138,119,440.const q = () => {}; return q.nameis 5 instructions in 16 bytes. The moved form is 4 instructions in 13 bytes.3780494c0d46338e.pilefor a 6 KiB file and prints"". The branch finds the same file name, rejects version 51, and prints"q". Without the bump it would replay main's text.Self-review. Two rounds, 25 concerns. In part, from the first round: four dead-zone rows stay where they are, and no AOT program stores the output of the fold rows. Open for a maintainer: whether
--keep-namesbundles belong here (#45022 has that part) or wait for #40503.Not in this PR.
String(f)of a block-level function (#44741). Folds that leave a bare function, and({ B: class {} }).B.name(#42691, #42585).--keep-namesin bundles and in Bun's builtins (#40503).In flight.
if. The no-bundle condition and the cache bump here come from it. It takes cache version 52 too, as do js_parser: do not fold{ f: () => {} }.fto the bare function #42585 and Report stack frames at token starts and map the tokens that start a line #47661. The second one to merge takes the next number.ifandfind_casts_up_to_return. The second one to merge resolves both by hand.[review] gate passed · iteration 2 · 3 files touched
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