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Overlaps #46104, and has the REPL part of the parser change of #45705 (see Notes).

Problem

  • In bun repl, a top-level function is a local of its input's wrapper, and the session gets one copy (this.f = f). function g(){}; g = 3 leaves typeof g as "function". var r = a(); function b(){} throws TypeError: b is not a function when an earlier a calls b.
  • export function x() {} fails with SyntaxError: Unexpected keyword 'export'. import d, * as ns leaves d undeclared.
  • Cause: repl_transform_with_hoisting (src/js_parser/repl_transforms.rs).

Fix

  • A top-level function is printed in front of the wrapper, where the engine binds it before the input runs. With direct eval, a top-level using or "use strict", the wrapper assigns it first instead (f = function() {}).
  • In REPL mode the parser moves the var of if (c) var x and of for (var x;;) out of the wrapper, so that the function can read it.
  • export is dropped from a declaration. export ... from imports its module. import d, * as ns assigns d = ns.default.
  • Verified: test/js/bun/repl/repl.test.ts, test/js/bun/transpiler/repl-transform.test.ts (38 tests, main fails 35). Self-reviewed: 34 concerns raised, 29 addressed.

Background

  • The REPL runs each input as a sloppy script var x; (() => { ... })(). A top-level var or function of a script is a global property, so it persists.
  • Weighed: the assignment form for every function. Then f.toString() has no name.

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Origin and reach

Repro (release builds: bun 1.4.2, main 9634520, this branch; node 26.3)

input (a slash starts the next input) probe node 1.4.2 and main this branch
function g(){}; g = 3 typeof g number function number
function f(){ return 1 }; f = wrap(f) f() 101 1 101
function a(){ return b() }; function b(){ return 1 } / function b(){ return 2 } a() 2 1 2
function a(){ return b() } / var r = a(); function b(){ return 1 } r 1 undefined, after TypeError: b is not a function 1
var seen = typeof globalThis.late; function late(){} seen function undefined function
export function x(){ return 1 } x() rejects export SyntaxError: Unexpected keyword 'export' 1
import d, * as ns from "./m.mjs" typeof d no static import undefined string
  • 39 rows without await, against node's REPL: 1.4.2 differs on 15, main on 15, this branch on 1 (eval("var g = 1"); function g(){}, see below).
  • 53 rows with await, export, import, .load, using, or about the printed value: 1.4.2 differs from the wanted value on 26, main on 26, this branch on 1 (a var behind a lowered using, js_parser: relocate the module-level declarations of a lowered top-level using out of its try #38284).
  • With top-level await, node's own REPL has the two function faults (its lib/internal/repl/await.js prints this.f = f; function f(){}). This branch fixes them there too.

What is printed

// function g(){}; var g = 3
var g;
function g() {}
(() => {
  return { __proto__: null, value: g = 3 };
})();

// "use strict"; function f(){ return this }   (also with direct eval or a top-level using)
var f;
(() => {
  "use strict";
  f = function() {
    return this;
  };
})();

// if (1) var a = 1; function f(){ return a }
var a;
function f() {
  return a;
}
(() => {
  if (1)
    a = 1;
})();
  • The assignment form is anonymous on purpose. f = function f(){} gives the body its own f, which does not follow the session (recursion after f = memo(f) calls the old function). The name property is still "f".
  • Direct eval declares its var inside the wrapper when it runs, and a lowered top-level using keeps its vars in a try inside the wrapper (js_parser: relocate the module-level declarations of a lowered top-level using out of its try #38284). A function in front of the wrapper cannot read those. A "use strict" at Program level is not printed: a caller that runs replMode output with indirect eval would then lose every declaration of the input. The choice reads the directive that is printed, so "use client"; "use strict"; function f(){} keeps the declaration (its wrapper is not strict, as on main).
  • What an input prints does not change. A function declaration still hides the value in front of it: 1; function f(){} prints undefined (node prints 1). The node rule made .load of an "imports, then functions" file print the last import.

Questions for a maintainer

  1. repl: run sloppy sync input as script statements, not inside an arrow function #46104 or this PR for inputs without await? repl: run sloppy sync input as script statements, not inside an arrow function #46104 prints a sloppy input without await, import or return as plain script statements, with no wrapper. That fixes the two function faults for those inputs, and direct eval. This PR keeps the wrapper and moves the function in front of it. The two PRs overlap there and conflict in repl_transforms.rs. They also fit together: with repl: run sloppy sync input as script statements, not inside an arrow function #46104 first, this PR is the fix for inputs that keep the wrapper (await, import, "use strict", using: repl: run sloppy sync input as script statements, not inside an arrow function #46104 has test.failing rows for them), for export, and for import d, * as ns.
  2. One shape or two? The assignment form for every function needs no rule for the choice and keeps the text in front of the wrapper var-only. Its cost is the name in f.toString() for every function typed at the prompt. This PR keeps the declaration where it is safe. Of 643 files of scripts/, bench/ and src/js/ (each as one input), 337 have a top-level function: 302 take the declaration form, 35 the assignment form (24 start with "use strict").
  3. The parser hunks. A function in front of the wrapper must be able to read every var of its input, so the two holes of the parser's var relocation are closed here for REPL mode (fold.rs, the for head in visit_stmt.rs, an enum in such a body in p.rs). They are the REPL part of js_parser: relocate module-level vars from brace-less bodies for the bundler and the REPL #45705, which does the same for bundles with a wider condition. The self-review asked for a stack on js_parser: relocate module-level vars from brace-less bodies for the bundler and the REPL #45705. CI does not build a branch that is behind main, and the base of a stack is not mine to update, so the hunks are here. The PR that lands second drops or widens them in its rebase.
  4. function NaN(){}, undefined, Infinity and Bun now reject the whole input (TypeError: Can't declare global function 'NaN'). Before, the line did nothing. Node rejects it too. No test pins it.

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Relation to open PRs

Measurements (release builds of main 9634520 and of this branch, linux x64, same pipeline)

  • .text: 81,932,069 to 81,935,397 B (+3,328, size -A). .rodata does not change. The stripped binary grows 4,096 B. The REPL transform: 8,234 to 11,312 B (nm -S).
  • Parser symbols outside the REPL transform: 3 of 1,205 change size, the three hunks: maybe_relocate_vars_to_top_level 967 to 996 B, s_for 441 to 469 B, generate_closure_for_type_script_namespace_or_enum 2,870 to 3,019 B. Outside REPL mode each adds one branch that is not taken: per var statement at module scope, per for head with a var and no initializer, per TypeScript enum or namespace at module scope.
  • replMode text of 406 inputs (every input literal of the two test files): 55 differ, 0 of them without a function, an export or a default beside a namespace. An input with a var in a body without braces or in a for head without initializer changes too (the var moves in front of the wrapper).
  • Bytecode instructions, Program + wrapper (BUN_JSC_dumpGeneratedBytecodes=1): function f(){ return 1 }; f() 9 + 13 to 10 + 10. With await 0; in front: 9 + 36 + 23 to 10 + 34 + 20. With eval("0"); in front: 9 + 24 to 9 + 20. 1 + 1: 6 + 7 on both.
  • Global names that reject a function declaration: 4 of 201 (main: 0).
  • 40,000 pairs of function f(){} and var f; (859 KB): 64 ms (main: 114 ms).

Tests

  • test/js/bun/repl/repl.test.ts: 21 new tests. test/js/bun/transpiler/repl-transform.test.ts: 16 new, 1 assertion updated (var foo is now a declaration in front of the wrapper).
  • On a release build of main, 35 of the 38 fail. The other 3 guard what must stay: what an input with a function prints, indirect eval of a strict input, and the name of a function under minify.identifiers.
  • "an input with a function gives what its text gives as a script" runs 97 inputs per prefix (19 ways to declare a binding, beside a function that reads it, writes it or has its name) through replMode and node:vm, and the same text as a plain script in a second context. Both contexts must answer the same.
  • Run with the debug build: both files (52 and 150 tests), test/bundler/transpiler/transpiler.test.js. With the release build: both files, test/integration/bun-types/bun-types.test.ts.
  • Not run: Windows and macOS.

Self-review

  • 34 concerns raised, 29 addressed. The first version had a 180-line walker over the wrapper statements, a "use strict" at Program level and node's rule for the printed value. All three are gone.
  • Rejected: a flag that gives only bun repl the declaration form. The public option would keep both function faults.
  • Rejected: no var f; line beside function f() {} (see Not changed).
  • Rejected: the assignment form only for a direct eval outside every function. It needs a new field in the visitor, and saves the name in toString() for 11 of 643 sample files.
  • Rejected: a replMode page in the docs. It would state a contract that no maintainer has decided (see the questions).
  • Rejected: separate commits for the export arms. The PR is squashed.

Designs considered

  • f = function f(){}: the name in toString() stays, but the body reads its own f, not the session's.
  • No wrapper for inputs without await (node's way, repl: run sloppy sync input as script statements, not inside an arrow function #46104): changes the text of every such input.
  • A walk over the wrapper statements that finds the vars the parser left inside: 180 lines in the transform for what the parser owns.
  • A fix in repl.rs or Bun__REPL__evaluate: misses Bun.Transpiler({ replMode }).
  • Only this.f = f at the front of the wrapper: fixes the order, not the second binding.

no test proof · iteration 4 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/bun/repl/repl.test.ts

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Status: reproduced on bun 1.4.2 and on main (9634520).

printf '%s\n' 'function g(){}; g = 3' 'typeof g' | bun repl
# "function"   (node -i: 'number')
printf '%s\n' 'function a(){ return b() }' 'var r = a(); function b(){ return 1 }' 'r' | bun repl
# TypeError: b is not a function. (In 'b()', 'b' is undefined), then undefined   (node -i: 1)
printf '%s\n' 'export function x(){ return 1 }' 'x()' | bun repl
# SyntaxError: Unexpected keyword 'export', then ReferenceError: x is not defined
printf 'export default "the default";\n' > m.mjs
printf '%s\n' 'import d, * as ns from "./m.mjs"' 'typeof d' | bun repl
# "undefined"

With this branch the last line of each is "number", 1, 1 and "string".

CI: build #133687 is red only on windows x64 - verify-baseline. A JPEG codec test of test/js/bun/jsc-stress/fixtures/simd-baseline.test.ts timed out after 5000 ms under the CPU emulator. This PR does not touch that code. The other 180 jobs passed. On 2026-10-27 (to 16:00 UTC) that test timed out in 26 of 371 runs of the job, two of them on main (builds 133333 and 133501).

PR: #46336

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❌ @robobun, your commit 9ff1fbf has 1 failures in Build #133687 (All Failures):

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Beyond the inline findings, I also checked the front_stmts splice after leading directives: each leading SDirective is rewritten to exactly one SExpr in inner_stmts, so the front_at count from all_stmts lines up with the wrapper body. I also checked the minify.identifiers path for a top-level function printed in front of the wrapper: repl_pin_name pins the symbol chain before the renamer runs, so the declared name matches the one typed.

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The change reworks the REPL-mode statement transform in src/js_parser/repl_transforms.rs (top-level functions declared in front of the IIFE or assigned inside it under direct eval, using, or explicit strict mode; export statements unwrapped or converted to awaited imports; import handling refactored), with a small bun.d.ts JSDoc update and about 800 lines of new tests. It touches no auth, crypto, or data-exposure surface; it is parser output that runs as script in the REPL or via Bun.Transpiler replMode. Inline findings were already posted, so this body only records two adjacent concerns that were examined and ruled out.

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The REPL transform now handles top-level functions, imports, and export forms according to wrapper requirements. Parser changes allow selected declarations in single-statement bodies to relocate. Tests cover transformed output, persistence, and REPL session bindings.

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REPL Transform Behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Declaration relocation
src/js_parser/fold.rs, src/js_parser/p.rs, src/js_parser/visit/visit_stmt.rs
The parser recognizes eligible REPL single-statement bodies and defers TypeScript namespace and enum declarations for top-level relocation. The loop visitor clears a relocated initializer when no replacement statement is returned.
Function, import, and export transformation
src/js_parser/repl_transforms.rs, src/js_parser/parser.rs, packages/bun-types/bun.d.ts, src/bundler/options.rs
The transform collects named functions and places them before the wrapper, or assigns them within it when direct eval, lowered using, or explicit strict mode requires it. It converts export-from and export-star statements to awaited dynamic imports and unwraps export-default statements before processing. Documentation describes the updated function placement and hoisting behavior.
Transformed output and binding tests
test/js/bun/transpiler/repl-transform.test.ts
Tests cover function placement, strict mode, imports, exports, binding behavior across VM evaluations, equivalence with plain scripts, and identifier minification.
REPL session behavior
test/js/bun/repl/repl.test.ts
Tests cover .load, shared session bindings, imports, declaration behavior, exported functions, and terminal .editor inputs.

Possibly related PRs

  • oven-sh/bun#46730: Preserves directive prologues through parsing, AST construction, printing, and repl_transforms. This relates to the transform’s strict-mode handling.

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Some REPL re-exports can execute JavaScript instead of loading text, and decorated default classes can return undefined. These narrow cases need attention or explicit acceptance.

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Merged main (8a0e49e) into this branch.

  • One conflict, in src/js_parser/repl_transforms.rs. This PR moves the construction of await import('mod') into repl_await_import. Main (98a4365, Fix use-after-free of BuildMessage.position.file: real lifetimes for Source, Path, ImportRecord and resolve results #46834) changed the type of path_str in the old inline code from &'static [u8] to &'a [u8].
  • The resolution keeps the call of this PR, and path_str in repl_await_import is &'a [u8].
  • cargo check --workspace passes on the merged tree (Linux x64).
  • Tests, on a local debug build that contains this merge and the main merges of six other open PRs: test/js/bun/repl/repl.test.ts (150 pass), test/js/bun/transpiler/repl-transform.test.ts (52 pass).

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Preserve the text loader for REPL re-exports.

type: "text" is parsed as Loader::Text, but export parsing drops that loader and repl_await_import emits await import("./side-effects.js") with empty options. The .js file can execute as JavaScript instead of loading as text. The REPL does not re-export a binding; a final re-export completes with the dynamic-import namespace object. Preserve the parsed loader when generating the dynamic import.

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Reply to the review of 9ff1fbf ("Preserve the text loader for REPL re-exports").

Not changed in this PR. The attribute is lost in two places that are on main, and each has an open PR.

  • Re-exports, in every mode. The parser does not store the attributes of export ... from on the import record (src/js_parser/parse/parse_stmt.rs:1253, // TODO: import assertions). On bun 1.4.2, export { default } from "./data.js" with { type: "text" } in a module file gives the default export of data.js and runs the file. Carry import attributes through the parser, printer, bundler and runtime; add the bytes loader #40836 stores the attributes there.
  • Imports in the REPL. The transform on main builds await import("./data.js") with no options. So import t from "./data.js" with { type: "text" } also runs the file in bun repl 1.4.2. bundler, repl: keep an import's type when it becomes require() or import() #46294 passes the type to that import().
  • This PR builds the import() for both statement kinds in one function, repl_await_import. Before this PR, a re-export was a syntax error in the REPL. With it, a re-export does what the same statement does in a module file.

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