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Fixes #31812

Problem

  • new (a?.b)() prints as new a?.b: SyntaxError: Cannot call constructor in an optional chain. (a?.t)`x` prints as a?.t`x` : Cannot use tagged templates in an optional chain. new (foo()`bar`)() prints as new foo()`bar` : TypeError: function is not a constructor.
  • const C = r?.W; return new C() fails too, with no parentheses in the source.
  • Cause (src/js_printer/lib.rs): a chain link wraps only for HasNonOptionalChainParent, which new does not pass. The template arm tests expr.data, not tag.data, and gives the tag no flags.

Fix

  • Ports esbuild e0755b4692. A chain link wraps for ForbidCall or HasNonOptionalChainParent and clears both. The template arm tests the tag and forwards ForbidCall.
  • The parser reports ?. in a new target (esbuild's message). Without it this PR makes new a?.b() run.
  • Transpiler cache version 52. Deletes two AOT fuzz workarounds for this bug (Notes).
  • Verified: test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js, test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts (11 tests fail on main). Self-reviewed: 10 concerns raised, 10 addressed (Notes).

Background

  • A parent passes ExprFlags to a child, which wraps itself. ForbidCall marks the target of new. HasNonOptionalChainParent marks a parent outside the chain.
  • Considered a walk at new (Keep required parens around a new expression callee #31813, sent back). Considered a flag pair from new (this PR before). It broke new (((a.b?.().c) ? y : z)`x`)().

Downsides

Notes

What changed since the first version of this PR (8aa12d9)

  • The first version passed HasNonOptionalChainParent from the new arm. Its template arm forwarded ForbidCall alone. A chain under a conditional in a tag then got ForbidCall without the other flag, did not wrap, and the optional call below it wrapped itself. new (((a.b?.().c) ? y : z)`x`)() printed (a.b?.()).c, which throws where main and Node run.
  • esbuild fixed the same bug in e0755b4692 (its issue 4477). This PR now has that shape: the chain link decides, so a flag that travels too far costs a pair of parentheses and never a split chain. The tag.data line is Bun's own repair of a port slip.
  • The parser error, the cache version and the tests below are new.

Printed output

source main this PR
(a?.b)`x` a?.b`x` (a?.b)`x`
new (a?.b)() new a?.b new (a?.b)
new (a.b?.().c)() new (a.b?.()).c new (a.b?.().c)
new (foo()`bar`)() new foo()`bar` new (foo())`bar`
new (foo()?.bar)() new (foo())?.bar new (foo()?.bar)
new (a?.b ? c : d)() new (a?.b ? c : d) new ((a?.b) ? c : d)
new (a.b.c)() new a.b.c new a.b.c
(a?.b).c (a?.b).c (a?.b).c
new a?.b() new a?.b parse error
new a?.(1) new a(1) parse error

Measurements. Release builds of main b1007f1 and of this branch's source, linux x64. perf, valgrind and bloaty are not installed. Instruction counts are instructions:u from a perf_event_open counter, JIT off, median of 5 interleaved runs.

  • Parser (Bun.Transpiler#scan, 2,000,000 tokens): +2.0 per ?. token, 0.0 per . token. Noise floor 0.017 per token.
  • Transform: +11.7 per tagged template (the tag test never ran before), +1.5 per optional member link (1.2 of it is the parser's +2), -0.06 per line with neither (noise 0.41), +1.3 per untagged template (noise 0.27).
  • Size (nm -S, size -A): print_expr x5 +1,127 B, parse_suffix x4 +324 B, the new cold function x4 750 B, .text +2,048 B, .rodata +0 B. The stripped binary has the same size (140,478,752 B).
  • Stack frame (objdump): print_expr 504 to 520 B in one of five copies, equal in four. parse_suffix equal in four of four.
  • Allocations (Bun.unsafe.mimallocDump()): equal in every bin for 4 inputs, the fixed shapes among them.
  • Transpiler cache: with one cache directory, main writes an entry for a 6.3 KiB file with new (a?.b)() and prints the SyntaxError. This branch rewrites that entry once, prints A, and reuses it on the next run.
  • A first spelling of the parser check kept the level of the suffix loop in a variable that the ?. arm lowered. It cost 2 instructions per . token. The check is now a guarded arm that calls a cold function, and the loop is as on main.

What else moves

  • Real code: 68,229 JS and TS files of the checkout (tests, src/js, packages, installed npm packages, AOT programs), each with two printer configs. The output of one file changes: test/aot/ir/lower/programs/language/param-parentheses-five-more-texts.mjs, which lists new a?.() as outside the grammar. Its cargo test still passes.
  • Generated code: 199,311 expressions that nest new, tags, member access, calls, optional links and conditionals, compared with their source by syntax tree (acorn). main: 20,615 outputs do not parse and 3,792 are another program. This branch: 0 and 0.
  • Redundant parentheses: of 174,904 generated outputs that main prints right, 1,152 get one pair, for example new ((a?.b) ? y : z). Bun's conditional arm passes all flags to its test and its last branch. js_printer: print a valid expression for an unused require() operand #42448 masks them.
  • Against V8 on 33 accept or refuse rows: main agrees on 22, this branch on 33.
  • The 20 rows of the report that asked for this merge: main differs from Node 26.3.0 in 10, this branch in 0. TypeScript spellings: 45 of 45 match. bun build in six modes: 150 of 150 artifacts load under Node (main: 42 and 114 differ).

The behavior change

  • Every unparenthesized ?. directly in the target of new is a parse error: new a?.b(), new a.b?.c(), new (a)?.b(), new new a()?.b(), TypeScript new a!?.b() and new a?.<T>(). JavaScriptCore refused most of them at load, because the printer echoed them. Two ran: the parser dropped the ?. of new a?.(1) and new a.b?.().
  • The error is Bun's BuildMessage. It was JavaScriptCore's SyntaxError.
  • bun build and Bun.Transpiler#scan now fail for such a file. On main bun build exits 0 for 8 of 8 probe files.
  • Not changed: a prefix operator in a new target or a class heritage (new -a, new typeof a, class A extends !a {}, new await a) still parses and runs as new (-a). Node refuses these, esbuild accepts them.

Left out, with owners

Overlap with open PRs

Deleted workarounds (both from #47129)

  • test/aot/fuzz/fuzzilli/run-batch.ts: refusalsOfBunRun loses "Cannot call constructor in an optional chain". A refusal with that message is a find again.
  • test/aot/fuzz/fuzzilli/write-ordinary-scenes.ts: the scene of calls of members draws new (member)(0) for chain members again. On the release build 360 JavaScript and 360 TypeScript programs of that scene print the same in the --aot executable and under bun run. On main's release build the same draws give finds.
  • test/bundler/esbuild/ts.test.ts: @new y?.[_ + 'x']() becomes @new y()?.[_ + 'x'](), as in esbuild. The entry of that case in test/aot/minifying-first-saves-no-code/known-today.ts says what the case is now.

Tests

  • transpiler.test.js, 9 tests. Two of them are the rows of esbuild's TestTemplate and TestPreserveOptionalChainParentheses (at e0755b4692) that have a tag, an optional chain or new: 76 rows. Only they reach a chain link whose flags hold HasNonOptionalChainParent alone.
  • Ten mutants of the fix, one clause each (each operand of the wrap test in both arms, each clear, the flags of the tag, tag.data, the parser report, its report of one error per target): every one fails at least one test.
  • Also run on the debug build: test/bundler/transpiler/ (26 files, 5,325 pass), test/bundler/esbuild/ts.test.ts, test/cli/lint/oxc-errors.test.ts, the cargo test of the AOT fixture. On the release build: test/aot/the-driver-of-generated-programs-judges-what-waits.test.ts.
  • Not run: macOS and Windows.

Self-review

Seen elsewhere. functionalscript/functionalscript#1704 and functionalscript/functionalscript#1733 cross-reference the issue.


[human-review] gate passed · iteration 0 · 9 files touched

fails on main (without fix)
ASAN without fix: 11 failed, 49 skipped
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts test/bundler/esbuild/ts.test.ts test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js
bun test v1.4.4 (367d939d9)

test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts:
(pass) bundler > edgecase/EmptyFile [224.26ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/EmptyCommonJSModule [308.32ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/StatementlessCommonJSModuleRequire [293.42ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/HoistableOnlyCommonJSModule [290.06ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/HoistableOnlyUnwrapCommonJSPackage [288.57ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/NestedRedirectToABuiltin [380.79ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/ImportStarFunction [287.47ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/ImportStarSyntaxErrorBug [303.55ms]
(todo) bundler > edgecase/BunPluginTreeShakeImport
(pass) bundler > edgecase/TemplateStringIssue622 [69.51ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/ImportNamedFromExportStarCJS [289.15ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/NodeEnvDefaultUnset [196.03ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/NodeEnvDefaultDevelopment [186.62ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/NodeEnvDefaultProduction [202.68ms]
(todo) bundler > edg
... (truncated)

release without fix: 48 failed, 49 skipped
bun test v1.4.3-canary.1 (367d939d9)

test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts:
(pass) bundler > edgecase/EmptyFile [18.51ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/EmptyCommonJSModule [14.47ms]
1920 |           }
1921 |         } else if (!success) {
1922 |           if (run.exitCode) {
1923 |             expect([exitCode, signalCode]).toEqual([run.exitCode, undefined]);
1924 |           } else {
1925 |             throw new Error(prefix + "Runtime failed\n" + stdout!.toUnixString() + "\n" + stderr!.toUnixString());
                             ^
error: Runtime failed

5 |   var b = ;
              ^
error: Unexpected ;
    at /tmp/aot/bun-build-tests/bun-OTnFgm/edgecase/StatementlessCommonJSModuleRequire/out.js:5:11

Bun v1.4.3-canary.1+367d939d9 (Linux x64)

      at <anonymous> (/workspace/bun/test/bundler/expectBundled.ts:1925:23)
(fail) bundler > edgecase/StatementlessCommonJSModuleRequire [10.01ms]
48 |         console.log(typeof B);
49 |       `,
50 |       "/b.cjs": `function foo() {}\n`,
51 |     },
52 |     onAfterBundle(api) {
53 |       api.expectFile("/out.js").toContain("require_b");
                                     ^
error: expect(received).toContain(expected)


... (truncated)
passes on PR (with fix)
ASAN with fix: 49 skipped
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts test/bundler/esbuild/ts.test.ts test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js
bun test v1.4.4 (367d939d9)

test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts:
(pass) bundler > edgecase/EmptyFile [252.42ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/EmptyCommonJSModule [381.26ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/StatementlessCommonJSModuleRequire [370.91ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/HoistableOnlyCommonJSModule [533.50ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/HoistableOnlyUnwrapCommonJSPackage [416.06ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/NestedRedirectToABuiltin [390.20ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/ImportStarFunction [350.86ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/ImportStarSyntaxErrorBug [369.55ms]
(todo) bundler > edgecase/BunPluginTreeShakeImport
(pass) bundler > edgecase/TemplateStringIssue622 [96.37ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/ImportNamedFromExportStarCJS [365.22ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/NodeEnvDefaultUnset [260.22ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/NodeEnvDefaultDevelopment [246.58ms]
(pass) bundler > edgecase/NodeEnvDefaultProduction [242.58ms]
(todo) bundler > edg
... (truncated)

release with fix: 49 skipped
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped)
  target       linux-x64-gnu
  build type   Release
  build dir    ./build/release
  revision     1928a0d6c2
  features     lto, baseline

20 deps, 446 codegen, 1235 objects in 1126ms

ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[1/5] fetch lolhtml
[lolhtml] up to date
[2/5] fetch rust-argon2
[rust-argon2] up to date
[2/5] cargo plan → /workspace/bun/build/release/rust-target/plan.json
302 units: 204 lib, 32 custom-build (host), 28 run custom-build, 16 proc-macro (host), 17 lib (host), 4 run custom-build (host), 1 rlib
[4/5] fetch WebKit (prebuilt)
[WebKit] fetching https://github.com/oven-sh/WebKit/releases/download/autobuild-4d45755fed4aeef19e95beb90d3d0c884a2812bd/bun-webkit-linux-amd64-lto-aot.tar.gz
[WebKit] extracted to /root/.bun/build-cache/webkit-4d45755fed4aeef1-lto-aot (6.5s)
[4/5] reconfigure
[1/7] fetch WebKit (prebuilt)
[WebKit] up to date
[1/1629] rustc bun_output_tags 
[2/1629] rustc unicode_xid 
[3/1629] rustc unicode_ident 
[4/1629] rustc heck 
[5/1629] rustc fnv 
[6/1629] rustc ident_case 
[7/1629] mkdir codegen
[8/1629] mkdir stamps
[9/1629] instal
... (truncated)
diff hotspot
src/js_parser/parse/parse_suffix.rs                |  22 +++
 src/js_printer/lib.rs                              |  16 +-
 src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs                  |   3 +-
 test/aot/fuzz/fuzzilli/run-batch.ts                |   1 -
 test/aot/fuzz/fuzzilli/write-ordinary-scenes.ts    |   5 +-
 .../minifying-first-saves-no-code/known-today.ts   |   3 +-
 test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts              |  33 ++++
 test/bundler/esbuild/ts.test.ts                    |   2 +-
 test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js         | 200 +++++++++++++++++++++
 9 files changed, 272 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

gate history · 3 passed · 0 rejected · iteration 0

evidence per changed file
file                                                   reads  edits  tests
src/js_parser/parse/parse_suffix.rs                        0      0     27
src/js_printer/lib.rs                                      8      3     27
src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs                          0      0     27
test/aot/fuzz/fuzzilli/run-batch.ts                        0      0     27
test/aot/fuzz/fuzzilli/write-ordinary-scenes.ts            0      0     27
test/aot/minifying-first-saves-no-code/known-today.ts      0      0     27
test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts                      1      2     10
test/bundler/esbuild/ts.test.ts                            0      0      2
test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js                 3      6     22

An optional chain used as a template tag or as the target of new lost
its grouping parentheses. A call inside the tag of a template that is
the target of new lost them too. Both produce output that does not
parse or that runs a different program.
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The parser now reports errors for unparenthesized optional chains in new targets. The printer preserves required parentheses for optional-chain callees and tagged-template tags. Regression tests cover parsing, printing, bundling, and runtime behavior.

Changes

Optional-chain callees

Layer / File(s) Summary
Parse optional chains in new targets
src/js_parser/parse/parse_suffix.rs, test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js, test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts
The parser reports a range error for unparenthesized optional chains in new targets. Tests check rejected targets and accepted optional chains in other positions.
Preserve parentheses for optional-chain callees
src/js_printer/lib.rs, src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs, test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js, test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts
The printer uses call restrictions when printing optional property and index accesses and tagged-template tags. Tests check output and runtime cases. The runtime transpiler cache format version changes to 52.
Runtime and test-harness updates
test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js, test/aot/fuzz/fuzzilli/*, test/aot/minifying-first-saves-no-code/known-today.ts, test/bundler/esbuild/ts.test.ts
Runtime tests cover new expressions with tagged-template, optional-member, and conditional callees. Fuzz-scene generation and related diagnostic, decorator, and output-size expectations are updated.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: Low · up to 1928a

A narrow tagged-template case can now run with an incorrect this value. This remains a bounded correctness risk to address or accept.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4

Check name Status Explanation
Title check Passed The title identifies the parentheses fix and the new parser error.
Linked Issues check Passed [#31812] The printer preserves grouping for optional-chain and tagged-template new targets. Regression tests exercise both reported examples and check for A {}. The PR also tests related printer c…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed [#31812] The parser rejects invalid optional chains in new targets. Template-tag grouping addresses the same printer handling. The cache update, tests, fixture changes, and removal of fuzz workaroun…
Description check Passed The description explains the changes and verification in detail. It uses different headings from the template, but covers both required sections.
Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

[#31812] The printer preserves grouping for optional-chain and tagged-template new targets. Regression tests exercise both reported examples and check for A {}. The PR also tests related printer cases.

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[#31812] The parser rejects invalid optional chains in new targets. Template-tag grouping addresses the same printer handling. The cache update, tests, fixture changes, and removal of fuzz workarounds support these changes.

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❌ @robobun, your commit 1928a0d has 38 failures in Build #137903 (All Failures):


🧪   To try this PR locally:

bunx bun-pr 41638

That installs a local version of the PR into your bun-41638 executable, so you can run:

bun-41638 --bun

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I reviewed this PR and didn't find any bugs. Because it changes flag propagation in the printer's ENew/EDot/EIndex/ETemplate arms — ported control flow where esbuild is the spec — a human look to confirm the flag semantics match upstream would still be worthwhile.

What was reviewed:

  • Traced HasNonOptionalChainParent from the ENew target through the EDot/EIndex/ECall wrap paths; non-chain targets already re-insert the flag themselves, so no change for new a.b.c (covered by the negative tests).
  • Checked that clearing ForbidCall after the ( in EDot/EIndex is safe — the parens isolate the chain, and ECall doesn't need the same clear because it builds fresh target_flags.
  • Verified the expr.data → tag.data fix and that the is_optional_chain branch already isolates chain-with-inner-call tags without needing ForbidCall.
  • Test matrix covers EDot/EIndex/ECall heads, TS erasure (!, as, <T>, satisfies), nested continuations, negatives, and a runtime itBundled.
Extended reasoning...

Overview

The PR fixes the JS printer so parenthesized optional chains keep their grouping when used as a new callee or a template-literal tag, and so a call inside a template tag under new stays wrapped. Four localized changes in src/js_printer/lib.rs: ENew now passes HasNonOptionalChainParent to its target; the EDot/EIndex wrap paths clear ForbidCall once they emit the isolating (; the template-tag optional-chain check reads tag.data instead of expr.data (a latent bug — expr is always the ETemplate); and the template arm forwards the parent's ForbidCall bit to the tag. Tests add three expectPrinted_ blocks in transpiler.test.js (~35 spellings) and one runtime itBundled in bundler_edgecase.test.ts.

Security risks

None. This is pure output-shaping in the JS printer — no input validation, auth, crypto, filesystem, or network paths are touched. The failure mode of a bug here is emitting JS that either fails to parse or evaluates differently, not a security exposure.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate-to-high. The printer is ported from esbuild and REVIEW.md is explicit that the reference implementation is the spec for ported control flow. The flag-propagation changes are small but sit in a code path exercised by every transpile and bundle, so a subtle regression would be broad. I traced each flag through its consumers: adding HasNonOptionalChainParent at ENew is a no-op for non-chain targets (they re-insert it themselves at lines 3673/3731), and only triggers the existing wrap logic when the target is a chain node — the intended fix. Clearing ForbidCall after the wrap ( is sound because the parens already isolate the chain from new; ECall doesn't need the same clear since it builds target_flags from scratch rather than forwarding flags. The expr.data → tag.data fix is a straightforward correction of a match that could never fire. Forwarding only ForbidCall (not HasNonOptionalChainParent) to the template tag is correct because the is_optional_chain branch above it handles chain tags directly.

Other factors

Test coverage is thorough per the repo's variant-matrix rule: EDot/EIndex/ECall heads, all four TS-erasure wrappers, nested continuations, the tagged-template-as-new-callee case, negative/unchanged cases, and a runtime itBundled proving the minified artifact evaluates to the expected values (including the throwing null-receiver cases). Tests were added to existing files. CODEOWNERS does not cover these paths. The bug hunt ran to dry_streak with no findings. I'm deferring rather than approving because printer flag semantics in ported code are exactly where REVIEW.md asks for a diff against the reference implementation, and someone familiar with the esbuild port should confirm this matches upstream's shape (the PR description asserts it does, but that's an author claim).

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LGTM — narrow flag-propagation fix with thorough coverage.

Traced the flag flow through the ENew → EDot/EIndex/ECall/ETemplate arms: HasNonOptionalChainParent now reaches the chain node so it self-wraps, and clearing ForbidCall inside that wrap only trims redundant parens (new ((a.b?.()).c) → new (a.b?.().c)), never changes semantics. The ECall arm didn't need the same removal because it already builds a fresh target_flags. The template-tag expr.data → tag.data swap fixes a check that could never have fired before. Forwarding only ForbidCall (not HasNonOptionalChainParent) to the tag is sufficient: the arm's own is_optional_chain check catches direct-optional tags, and non-optional EDot/EIndex re-insert the flag for their own target. Test matrix covers ?. / ?.[] / ?.(), TS !/as/satisfies/<T> erasure, nested chains, the new (foo()\x`)` call-in-tag case, and negative cases that must stay unwrapped.

Extended reasoning...

Overview

This PR fixes the JS printer emitting syntactically invalid output when a parenthesized optional chain is used as a new callee or a template tag. Four small hunks in src/js_printer/lib.rs: (1) ENew now passes HasNonOptionalChainParent alongside ForbidCall to its target; (2) EDot and (3) EIndex clear ForbidCall when they self-wrap for that flag, avoiding a redundant nested paren; (4) the tagged-template arm now inspects tag.data instead of expr.data (a latent bug — the old check matched on the ETemplate node itself and could never fire) and forwards the incoming ForbidCall bit to the tag so new (foo()\x`)keeps its call wrapped. Tests are added to the two existing files that own this area: 35expectPrinted_round-trips intranspiler.test.jsand one end-to-enditBundledruntime check inbundler_edgecase.test.ts`.

Security risks

None. This is output-shape correctness in the printer; no parsing of untrusted input, no allocation changes, no I/O, no auth/crypto surface.

Level of scrutiny

Moderate — the printer is a hot path and correctness-critical, but the change is purely additive flag-bit propagation with zero cost on the non-optional common path (one extra bitflag OR at the new site, one & at the template-tag site). I traced each test case through the modified arms and confirmed the wrap decisions: the ECall arm already uses a fresh target_flags = none() rather than the incoming flags, so it correctly did not need the ForbidCall removal that EDot/EIndex got — the sibling-site check from REVIEW.md holds. The ForbidCall removal in the EDot/EIndex wrap branch is cosmetic (avoids new ((a.b?.()).c) in favor of new (a.b?.().c)); dropping it would still produce valid code. The template arm forwarding only ForbidCall and not HasNonOptionalChainParent is correct because the arm's own is_optional_chain check on tag.data handles the direct case, and any non-optional EDot/EIndex tag re-inserts the flag itself before recursing.

Other factors

Test coverage satisfies the REVIEW.md variant-matrix bar: all three chain shapes, all four TS type-erasure wrappers, nested and continued chains, the call-in-template-tag-under-new case, and negative controls (new a.b(), a.b\x`, a()`x`) that must not gain parens — so accidental over-wrapping would be caught. The itBundledcase runs the artifact underminifySyntax: trueand asserts both the happy-path values and the twoTypeError`s on null chains, covering the runtime semantics end-to-end. Commits since the earlier commented review only dropped explanatory comments and retriggered CI; no logic changed. No outstanding CHANGES_REQUESTED reviews in the timeline.

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Status: ready for review.

  • Reproduced on main b1007f1 and on 1.4.3 with the two programs from Bun mis-transpile some parenthesized expression inside NewExpression #31812: bun -p 'const foo = () => (args) => class A {}; new (foo()`bar`)();' throws TypeError: function is not a constructor, and bun -p 'const baz = () => ({ qux: class A {} }); new (baz()?.qux)();' throws SyntaxError: Cannot call constructor in an optional chain.. Node prints A {} for both. This branch prints A {} for both.
  • A file with no parentheses fails the same way on main: const f = r => { const C = r?.W; return new C(); }.
  • The branch merges main and is a port of esbuild e0755b4692 (printer and parser). The description has the measurements and one question about a behavior change.
  • CI build 137903 (head 1928a0d): 28 test files are red, all under test/aot except test/bundler/compile-aot-size.test.ts. Each one is red on main b1305dd too (build 137822), and the four I compared fail with the same output. The tests of this PR are in no failure list.

Adds the remaining cases from #31813 (call or optional call below a
member access, optional-chain tag under new, import() and require()
tags) and runs the two programs from #31812 end to end.

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Code review found no issues

No high-confidence issues detected in this change.

This is esbuild e0755b4692 ("fix #4477: parens edge cases for `new`
expressions").

Printer: an optional-chain link (EDot, EIndex) wraps the chain when its
parent is `new` or is outside the chain, and clears both flags. The
`new` arm passes only ForbidCall again. The template arm forwards
ForbidCall to its tag. The earlier shape of this branch passed
HasNonOptionalChainParent from the `new` arm, and the template arm
dropped it. A chain under a conditional in a template tag was then cut
in two: new (((a.b?.().c) ? y : z)`x`)() printed `(a.b?.()).c`.

Parser: an unparenthesized `?.` in the target of `new` is an error.
`new a?.b()` is a SyntaxError in JavaScript. With the parentheses that
the printer now adds, it would run.

The transpiler cache version moves to 52 because printed output
changes.
…zz workarounds

transpiler.test.js gets the rows of esbuild's TestTemplate and
TestPreserveOptionalChainParentheses (at e0755b4692) that have a tag, an
optional chain or `new`. Only they reach an optional-chain link whose
flags hold HasNonOptionalChainParent alone. It also gets rows for an
`EIndex` link with both flags, for a chain that a fold leaves in a `new`
callee or in a tag, and for the TypeScript spellings of the parse error.

test/aot/fuzz/fuzzilli: `bun run` no longer refuses a valid file with
"Cannot call constructor in an optional chain". The list of its
refusals loses that entry, and the scene of calls of members draws
`new (a?.[k])(0)` again.

The note of transpiler cache version 52 is one line.
The suffix loop kept its level in a variable that the `?.` arm could
lower, to report once for each target. On a release build that cost 2
instructions for each `.` token of source that has no `new` at all.

The loop is now as on main. A guarded arm sends a `?.` at
`Level::Member` to a cold function. It reports the error, parses the
rest of the target at `Level::Call`, and ends the loop.
…s today

The fixture line `@new y?.[_ + 'x']()` became `@new y()?.[_ + 'x']()`,
as in esbuild. The written form now builds, and the case is larger as
written by its code bytes (release build, linux x64).
@robobun robobun changed the title js_printer: keep the parentheses a new callee or template tag needs Keep the parentheses of an optional chain under new and as a template tag, and reject new a?.b() Nov 6, 2026

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Minor · Preserve value semantics when folding template tags. · lib.rs:4192-4195

src/js_printer/lib.rs:4192-4195
Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Preserve value semantics when folding template tags.

When (true && a?.b) is a template tag, the fold can produce (a?.b). If b is strict, the emitted tag receives a as this instead of undefined. Preserve the value expression when folding the tag.

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Review comment at @src/js_printer/lib.rs around lines 4192 - 4195:
Update the template-tag folding logic around is_optional_chain so folding a
logical expression to an optional-chain tag preserves value semantics: ensure
the emitted tag is treated as a value, not a property reference, so a strict tag
receives undefined for this. Preserve existing optional-chain handling for tags
that are not folded.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comments at @src/js_printer/lib.rs:
- Around line 4192-4195: Update the template-tag folding logic around
is_optional_chain so folding a logical expression to an optional-chain tag
preserves value semantics: ensure the emitted tag is treated as a value, not a
property reference, so a strict tag receives undefined for this. Preserve
existing optional-chain handling for tags that are not folded.

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  • src/js_parser/parse/parse_suffix.rs
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  • test/aot/fuzz/fuzzilli/run-batch.ts
  • test/aot/fuzz/fuzzilli/write-ordinary-scenes.ts
  • test/aot/minifying-first-saves-no-code/known-today.ts
  • test/bundler/bundler_edgecase.test.ts
  • test/bundler/esbuild/ts.test.ts
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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 nit, I also checked: the ?. guard in parse_suffix only fires for new targets (pfx_t_new is the sole Level::Member caller), and the inner Level::Call re-parse stops at ( / ?.(, so the arguments still reach pfx_t_new and one error is logged per target; the ECall arm already wraps on ForbidCall and clears the flags for its target, so the new EDot/EIndex wrapping does not double-parenthesize new (a?.b())(); the ts.test.ts decorator fixture edit swaps in a shape because the old one is now a parse error, not to route around a printer failure. I could not verify offline the description's claim that esbuild itself rejects new a?.b() — since inputs that built on main now fail, that behavior change is worth a human confirming.

Extended reasoning...

The change touches the JS parser suffix loop (new cold error path for ?. inside a new target), the printer's EDot/EIndex/ETemplate arms (ported from esbuild e0755b4692), bumps the runtime transpiler cache version to 52, and adds ~240 lines of tests plus fuzz-tooling and AOT known-today updates; no security-sensitive surface. Not approving because it introduces a user-visible behavior change (previously-accepted new a?.b() inputs now fail at build) that the author explicitly asks maintainers to confirm, and the esbuild-equivalence claim behind it could not be checked here.

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Receiver of a tag that a fold leaves (CodeRabbit). The finding is correct, and this PR does not fix it. On this branch (true && a?.b)`x` prints (a?.b)`x` and the tag runs with this === a. Node 26.3.0 passes undefined. The fold is the cause, and this PR does not touch it. main gives the same receiver to a tag without a chain: (true && a.b)`x` prints a.b`x` . The chain form printed a?.b`x` on main, which does not load. That receiver is #44578, and #46818 and #40829 are the open PRs for it. The third Downsides bullet of the description lists this case. For reference, esbuild 0.28.2 prints (0, a?.b)`x` .

esbuild and new a?.b() (claude). Checked with esbuild 0.28.2: it refuses new a?.b(), new a?.(1), new a.b?.() and new a?.[b]() with Cannot use an unparenthesized optional chain inside the target of "new". This PR reports the same message. esbuild 0.21.5, the version in this repository's node_modules, accepts all four, so a check with that copy shows the old behavior.

Substring assertions (claude). 1928a0d makes the six rows assert the whole printed output.

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Code review completed

Nothing new to post: everything this review found is already covered by existing comments on this pull request or didn't merit a separate one.

robobun added a commit that referenced this pull request Nov 6, 2026
Takes main's side of every file. The optional chain and printer changes of this branch are carried by #41638.
The two remaining checks are built again on top of main in the next commit.

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