fix(transpiler): preserve single-use inferred names by steipete · Pull Request #45022 · oven-sh/bun

steipete · 2026-10-12T03:40:08Z

What does this PR do?

Preserve inferred function and class names when the runtime transpiler substitutes a single-use local binding. For example, { const callback = () => {}; console.log(callback.name); } must print callback, as it does in Node, rather than an empty string.

The substitution removes the declaration that supplies the initializer's inferred name. Skip that substitution for anonymous functions, arrows, and classes when running code or when bundling with keepNames. Bundles that allow name removal retain the optimization. The transpiler-cache version is bumped so previously cached output cannot keep losing these names.

The regression tests cover runtime evaluation, default and keepNames bundles, explicitly named expressions, mutable bindings, recursion, and direct eval. This addresses a different fold from #42585 (object-property extraction), #42691 (folds that accidentally give anonymous values a name), and the closed predecessor #35593. It also differs from #40503 and #44180, which implement broader keepNames support using __name. This patch prevents names from being erased by substitution; the bundler tests leave identifier minification disabled to isolate that behavior.

Adapted from the inferred-name fix in openclaw/bun#35 by @steipete.

How did you verify your code works?

On a Linux debug build of upstream main 7c96a1212fd321454cce97ef14387acade328b99, the 12 new runtime cases go from 6 passing / 6 failing before the patch to 12 passing / 0 failing after it. The failing cases were the block function, arrow, async arrow, function expression, generator, and class names, all erased to an empty string.

bun bd test test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts -t "eval preserves|SingleUseInferredNames"

The initial invocations could not collect the bundler file because the test workspace dependency filenamify was missing. After installing the test workspace dependencies, the separate bundler proof goes from 2 passing / 1 failing before the patch to 3 passing / 0 failing after it. The failing keepNames case previously erased all four names.

bun bd test test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts -t SingleUseInferredNames
bun bd test test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts

The full eval and minifier suites then pass 125 tests, 0 failures, 1 snapshot. No skips or timeout changes were introduced.

Node.js v24.21.0 passes all 12 identical eval cases and the eight standalone name/value assertions. The changed Rust files pass formatting with the repository's pinned toolchain.

Current rebase validation

Rebased onto main b1007f1177. Main now uses transpiler-cache version 51; this fix advances it to 52 so cached output cannot retain the old name-eliding transformation.

The Linux x64 canary reports 51 passes / 6 matching failures in the full eval file and 69 passes / 2 matching failures in the full minifier file. Candidate 699830fcb: the complete minifier file passes 71 tests and the complete eval file passes 57 tests, with 0 failures. All 12 Rust target checks pass. Clippy for the changed crates reports the same eight pre-existing test-code diagnostics on main and the candidate, with none added. The release binary reports 1.4.4-canary.1+699830fcb.

Independent P0-P2 review is scoped-clean. Rustfmt, Prettier, and git diff --check pass.

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The parser now preserves selected inferred function and class names during single-use substitution. It also handles lowered block-function bindings when minify_keep_names is enabled. The runtime transpiler cache version, minifier documentation, and regression tests are updated.

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Inferred name preservation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Preserve declarations during substitution `src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs`, `src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs`, `docs/bundler/minifier.mdx`	When bundling is disabled or `minify_keep_names` is enabled, the parser preserves qualifying anonymous named initializers during single-use substitution. With `minify_keep_names` enabled, it moves eligible lowered block-function initializers into hoisted variables and removes emptied declarations. The cache format version changes from 51 to 52, and the documentation describes inferred names from single-use local bindings.
Test name preservation and CLI behavior `test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts`, `test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts`	Bundler tests cover inferred names across default, `keepNames`, and syntax-minified configurations, plus a block-scoped function name. CLI tests cover block function and class names, mutable bindings, recursion, and direct `eval` access.

Possibly related PRs

oven-sh/bun#42585: Both changes prevent optimizer substitutions from removing inferred function or class names, but they address different substitution cases.

Suggested reviewers: robobun

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steipete · 2026-10-24T09:27:12Z

Rebased onto current main and advanced the transpiler cache format to version 44. Full-directory verification exposed a second-parse name regression in lowered block functions: generated code retained a synthetic f2 binding. Lowering now initializes the hoisted binding directly when that temporary has one recorded use. All 18 inferred-name and hoisting cases pass on the stacked Linux debug/ASAN build, including a new check that executes generated output with Node.

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-05T05:30:07Z

+    stderr: "pipe",
+  });
+  const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+  expect({ stdout, stderr, exitCode }).toEqual({ stdout: expected + "\n", stderr: "", exitCode: 0 });


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Assert stdout before the exit code.

Line 54 combines stdout and exit code in one assertion. Separate the assertions so a stdout mismatch is reported first. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

As per coding guidelines, “When spawning processes, tests should expect(stdout).toBe(...) BEFORE expect(exitCode).toBe(0).”

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--- "a/test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts" +++ "b/test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts" @@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ stderr: "pipe", }); const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]); - expect({ stdout, stderr, exitCode }).toEqual({ stdout: expected + "\n", stderr: "", exitCode: 0 }); + expect(stdout).toBe(expected + "\n"); + expect(stderr).toBe(""); + expect(exitCode).toBe(0); }); for (const flag of ["-e", "--print"]) {

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expect({ stdout, stderr, exitCode }).toEqual({ stdout: expected + "\n", stderr: "", exitCode: 0 });

expect(stdout).toBe(expected + "\n");

expect(stderr).toBe("");

expect(exitCode).toBe(0);

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… 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>

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-  expect({ stdout, stderr, exitCode }).toEqual({ stdout: expected + "\n", stderr: "", exitCode: 0 });
+  expect(stdout).toBe(expected + "\n");
+  expect(stderr).toBe("");
+  expect(exitCode).toBe(0);

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