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In sloppy code a function declared in a block is also a `var` of the
enclosing function (Annex B). `hoist_symbols` makes that `var` only when
a renamer runs, but `visit_stmts` lowered the declaration to
`let f = function(){}` in every case. So `bun file.cjs`, `Bun.Transpiler`
and `bun build --no-bundle` printed the `let` alone, and the function was
gone after its block.
`visit_stmts` now lowers a block-level function only when the `let` is
the whole answer: a renamer runs, the scope is strict, the block is at
the top level of REPL input, or a lexical binding of the same name takes
the `var` away. In every other case the declaration stays where it is
and the engine applies Annex B.
The transpiler cache version moves to 35 because the printed text changes.
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Status: reproduced, fix in this PR. Reproduction ( { function z() { return 9 } }
console.log(z()); // node v26.3.0: 9, bun: ReferenceError: z is not defined
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Beyond the inline findings, I also checked that the bundler and --minify-identifiers paths are unchanged (will_use_renamer() short-circuits the new predicate before any other term is consulted), that the new sloppy_mode_block_fn_without_var insert in hoist_symbols sits on the branch the renamer-only hoisted_ref_for_sloppy_mode_block_fn bookkeeping never takes, so a blocked function cannot get both a let and a var alias, and that the RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs version bump and its comment match the printed-output change.
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The diff adds a single predicate in src/js_parser/p.rs and gates the existing block-level-function lowering in src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs on it, bumps the runtime transpiler cache version, and adds tests; no security-sensitive surface is touched. The inline findings document sloppy-mode shapes (labelled functions, duplicate same-name declarations, a generator arguments binding) where the new no-renamer path regresses against the base branch, so a human needs to weigh those semantics before merging.
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src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs— pre-existing: a strict function that has a block-level function next to a direct eval still runs that function as sloppy Annex B code, sotypeof fafter the block gives "function" where node gives "undefined". The newis_strict_mode()clause in lowers_block_level_function routes the declaration intobefore, but src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs:1628-1638 then seescontains_direct_evaland keeps it as a declaration moved to the top of the block, while the function-level "use strict" is never printed. Fix: when the scope is strict (or in REPL top level), keep theletlowering even under direct eval, since no second identifier is needed there; only the sloppy renamer case needs the eval bail-out.Why this was flagged
Input run with
bun file.cjs(no renamer):function o(){ "use strict"; { eval(""); function f(){} } return typeof f }. The directive marks the function body scope strict at src/js_parser/parse/mod.rs:2983 and the directive statement is skipped, so it is not printed. src/js_parser/p.rs:3616 returns true, so the declaration goes tobeforeat src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs:1586. At src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs:1628contains_direct_evalis true for the block, so the statement is pushed tonon_fn_stmtsand printed as{ function f(){} eval(""); }with no strict directive. JSC runs that text as sloppy code and applies Annex B, sotypeof fis "function"; node returns "undefined". The base branch produces the same output here (it lowered everything intobeforeand hit the same eval branch), so this is pre-existing; the PR's strict-mode clause is meant to protect exactly this case but the eval branch bypasses it.Verification: pre-existing. Triggering condition: a function with a "use strict" directive and a block that holds both a direct eval(...) and a function f(){} declaration. At visit/mod.rs:1628 contains_direct_eval is true, so the statement is pushed to non_fn_stmts. Because the directive was dropped, typeof f after the block is "function"; node gives "undefined". The base branch takes the identical route.
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Dead code elimination removes a `let` together with its dead branch. A
function declaration survives the removal because declarations are
hoisted, so the body of a function in `if (false) { ... }` stayed in the
output. A file with no CommonJS marker runs as a module, and sloppy-only
syntax in that body (`var static`, a function named `eval`) then ended
the load with a SyntaxError.
A block-level function at a statically dead position is lowered to `let`
again, so the branch is removed as before.
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🟡 Minor · Remove the Annex B twin for blocking ancestor bindings. · p.rs:3851-3862
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winRemove the Annex B twin for blocking ancestor bindings.
With identifier renaming enabled, this valid sloppy input reaches the ancestor collision:
{ let f = g(); { { function f() {} } } } module.exports = 1;The
let fis beyond the function's immediate parent. Atsrc/js_parser/p.rs:3851-3855, the retained twin is removed only for the immediate parent, so this case keeps it. The lowering path then emits aletbinding and a separatevaralias from the retained twin. That alias violates Annex B behavior: the enclosing lexicalfmust prevent avar fbinding.Remove the twin for every blocking ancestor collision.
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This takes back 9c567f6. The `let` for statically dead code tied the Annex B `var` to the dead code elimination option: a read of the name after `if (false) { function f() {} }` threw under `bun file.cjs` and gave `undefined` under `bun test --coverage` and `bun -p`. It also did not see a block behind a `return`, which is found dead after the visit. The declaration now stays in every mode, so the engine gives node's answer.
…erences from node - The 15 rows of dead.cjs run with and without dead code elimination. - module.mjs and a file with no CommonJS marker keep the function in its block. - known.cjs records five shapes that are right on main as test.failing rows, and one file with no CommonJS marker that stops loading. - The printed text of a labelled function is no longer pinned.
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The runtime row in preserve-use-strict-cjs.test.ts stays. The printed `let` is the lowering of main, and a read from another case is wrong with it in strict code, so this PR does not pin that text.
…time Main took transpiler cache version 35. This change takes 36.
…time main took transpiler cache versions 36 to 43. This branch takes 44.
Fixes #23633
Part of #25737
Problem
{ function z() {} } z()throwsReferenceError: z is not definedin sloppy CommonJS. Node,utf7(missing allocateBase64Buffer #13002) andcoffee-scriptneed it.visit_stmts(src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs:1580) rewrites it tolet z = function(){}. Only a renamer gets thevarhalf (hoist_symbols,src/js_parser/p.rs:3705).Fix
preserve-use-strict-cjs.test.ts,transpiler.test.js,repl-transform.test.ts(25 fail on main), bundlerdceandminify.Background
varof its function.bun build, minified identifiers) can printlet f2 = function(){}; var f = f2.Downsides
.text+768 bytes. Cached files are transpiled once more.Notes
Builds for the numbers below: main 5749c31 and this branch at 018e6cc, release, node v26.3.0. The branch has merged main two times since then, and the three changed test files pass on each merged build.
valgrindandperfare not available here (perf_event_openreturns ENOENT). Counts come from gdb hit counters,llvm-objdump,llvm-nmandsize.Against #35960. This is #35960 rebuilt on main, at the same
if. What changed: strict scopes and top-level REPL input keep thelet, a function whosevaris blocked keeps thelet, the label body stays in its block, and the cache version moves. A function-level"use strict"is not printed, so strict code can run as sloppy text: with #35960's conditionfunction o(){ "use strict"; function f(){return 1} { function f(){return 2} } return f() }returns 2 (node and main return 1). A REPL input runs in a wrapper function, which would own thevar: the REPL throwsTypeError: w is not a functionforfunction w(){return 1}thenif (false) { function w(){return 2} } w(). A generated runtime name for thevarwas also built: 9 of 27 statement orders differ from node with it.Behaviour.
utf7@1.0.2(ReferenceError: allocateBase64Buffer is not defined, the report of missing allocateBase64Buffer #13002),@mapbox/jsonlint-lines-primitives@2.0.2,coffee-script@1.9.3,coffee-script@1.10.0,sql-parser@0.5.0(ReferenceError: lex is not defined)..jsand.cjsfiles under the repo'snode_modules, printed with the options ofbun run: 4 differ from main (events,pino-pretty, two files ofreadable-stream).let, switch case): 26 equal node, was 9. The one left is a labelled function read before its label.evalnext to the function: 42 equal node, was 23.if (false) { function f() {} }thenString(f)underbun file.cjs,bun testandbun test --coverage:undefined, as node. The 15 rows ofdead.cjsin the test run with and without dead code elimination (bun -pturns it off).importorexport,bun -ewith"use strict". Bundled,--minify-identifiersand--minifyoutput has the same sha256 as main on four 2,000-function fixtures and on the 132 dead-read files.let.Dead code: three rules that were built and measured. The filter that trims dead code keeps every function declaration (
should_keep_stmt_in_dead_control_flow,_ => true), because a function-level declaration is hoisted. So a dead statement that holds a kept block-level function is printed, where main dropped theletwith it. Generated files only: 1,428 files with no CommonJS marker (44 dead shapes, 21 sloppy-only texts), 988 of them load on main.letchosen at visit time (9c567f6, taken back)letchosen at visit time only sees a branch whose test is known false. A block behind areturnis found dead after the visit. It also ties thevarto the dead code elimination option.var f;is wrong in a file that runs as a module: thevaris real there.if (false) { function queueMicrotask() {} } queueMicrotask(cb)runs on main and throwsTypeErrorwith it.if (false) { function f() {} }once at the end of the function body. It is on the branchrobobun/d4353ade/dead-block-fn-stub. It prints the same text as this head for all 30,841 real files, so it is not in this PR. It needs a linear name check before it can be a PR.Modules with no
importorexport. An.mjsfile, a"type": "module"file or a file with no CommonJS marker is parsed as sloppy code until animport, anexportor a top-levelawaitis seen, and it runs as strict code. Its block-level functions are now printed as declarations too. The engine keeps them in their block. Two things move, both to node's answer: a function in a switch case that another case reads (wasReferenceError), andtoString()of the function (the name is printed). The test "a module with no import or export keeps the function in its block" pins this.Labelled functions. Bun prints
l: function g(){}asl: { function g(){} }. The bare form is a SyntaxError in strict code. With the block the function is assigned when the label runs, not at function entry. The fix is in the parser: a label directly followed byfunctionin a statement list is a plain declaration of that list. It is not in this PR, and the printed text is not pinned by a test here.Right on main, wrong now. Each as a
.cjsfile: node, main, this branch. They are thetest.failingrows of "known differences from node".function g(){ lf: function f(){ return "labelled" } return f(); function f(){ return "plain" } }: plain, plain, labelled.function g(){ var f = "V"; lf: function f(){ return "labelled" } return typeof f === "function" ? f() : f }: V, V, labelled.function g(){ f = "A"; lf: function f(){ return "labelled" } return typeof f === "function" ? "function" : f }: A, A, function.function* g(){ const a = arguments; { function arguments(){} } return Object.prototype.toString.call(a) }:[object Arguments],[object Arguments],[object Undefined]. The same in an async generator and a generator method. This is JavaScriptCore, also without the transpiler (indirect eval).function t(){ exit: { function f(){return 1} eval(""); break exit; function f(){return 2} } return typeof f === "function" ? f() : typeof f }: 2, 2, undefined. The parser drops the first of two same-name declarations. Main moved the one that is left to the top of the block.Differs from Node 20 and later on purpose.
{ function f(){return 1} { function f(){return 2} } } f()gives 1. The inner function gets novar(test262annexB/language/function-code/block-decl-nested-blocks-with-fun-decl.js). Node 18 gives 1, Node 20 and later give 2.Cost.
.text65,618,773 to 65,619,541 bytes (size -A). The twovisit_stmtscopies grow 220 and 112 bytes, the twohoist_symbolscopies shrink 46 and 30 (llvm-nm). The parser struct grows from 4,288 to 4,344 bytes: one more map, empty unless a blocked function is seen.build --no-bundle --minify-syntax): 2,000 function-level declarations 73,086 and 73,086.typescript.js(9.1 MB) 597,000 and 597,000. 2,000 sloppy block functions 81,102 to 69,098 calls and 26,186 to 18,186 frees.bundle, 26 and 10 with minified identifiers, 28 and 11 in a strict scope, 32 and 13 at the top of REPL input, 34 and 13 plus one lookup in an empty map for a kept declaration.In flight. Rules for the PR that lands second.
ifand merges with no conflict marker. Its switch term must not bypasslowers_block_level_function: a switch-case function in a strict function must still be lowered while a function-level"use strict"is not printed. The rowswitchCaseInStrictFunctionfails if it is bypassed."use strict". When one lands, the strict term can narrow.lowers_block_level_functionreads that strictness, and the module rows above go back to thelet.Not in this PR.
.jsfile with norequire,module,exports,importorexportruns as a strict module in bun and as CommonJS in node. The function stays block scoped there. This is the literalindex.jsof function in label isn't accessible #25737. Its real case, the jsonlint package, is fixed. js_parser: run an ambiguous file with a label-body or if-body function declaration as CommonJS #44803 covers it.let f2 = function(){}; var f = f2, with its own differences from node (the alias is assigned at block entry, a switch case, a same-name parameter).bun runandbun buildcan now give different answers for those shapes.hoist_symbols, so bundled output gives it the sloppyvar.bun repl: a function in a top-level block is not visible in later inputs.ReferenceError, as on main (js_parser: initialize a switch-case function where the switch is entered #40839).[human-review] gate passed · iteration 6 · 6 files touched
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