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Problem

  • 21 places of docs/compiler/compatibility.mdx say what bun compile (bun build --compile --aot) does not do. Most warn of a throw or a difference that does not come. In six the build stops instead.
  • One difference was not stated: require() ignores an entry that a program stores in require.cache for one of its own files.

Fix

  • Each place now says what the build does. So do two places of docs/compiler/debugging.mdx that the same runs show. Notes has one row per line.
  • Correct because the build side is settled for each line: a stored test pins it, the build stops with an error that tsc also gives, or the commit message of AOT: front end, test runs and tests for the rewritten compiler #47942 lists it as known and not fixed.
  • Verified: each new sentence on canary 1.4.4-canary.1+2596ac5d3, the head of main (the runs are in Notes, with one build for each of 606 built-in members). prettier --check and test/cli/aot-docs.test.ts pass.

Background

  • bun compile builds an executable of machine code. bun test --aot runs tests compiled the same way. The page lists where that differs from bun run.
  • A stored program under test/aot/parallel must print what bun <file> prints unless it ends with an /* Output: */ block. A line is pinned when such a program or a unit test holds it.
  • Considered a build that does what the page said: for the pinned lines that breaks stored tests. Notes names two lines where the build side is open.
Notes

The change touches no code. Line numbers are those of main at 2596ac5. R is bun <file>, C is bun build --compile, A is bun build --compile --aot.

Line The page said The build does What says the same
29, 39 You can't replace, redefine or delete an existing member of the language's own objects. Line 39 named four members that still work. 65 members of read-only objects stay writable where the build sees the write. The page now has the table. The list of read-only objects now names each object that refuses a store, the objects of the table among them. The store throws in code that is not in strict mode too. MEMBERS_LEFT_WRITABLE in src/aot/builtins/table/tests/lookup.rs:379 is the same list. member_that_packages_replace_is_predicted in src/aot/builtins/resolve/tests/paths.rs:300 gives the reason.
104 A name that the code assembles at run time with slice(), startsWith() or String.fromCharCode() throws an EvalError. globalThis[name](code) runs eval and Function under any name. So do global, self, Reflect.get(globalThis, name) and a variable that the code sets to one of the three. The list of names holds where the global object is the this of a sloppy function, and for "constructor" in fn[name](code). There a key or a static member named constructor counts too. In that list, keys count that Object.keys() or Object.entries() lists. Keys that only a for...in loop lists do not. test/aot/trimmed-is-whole/cases/eval.js.txt:22: globalThis[process.argv[2]](text) must run. docs/compiler/internals.mdx:73. computed_key_read_of_global_object_exposes in src/aot/builtins/resolve/tests/exposure.rs:948. test/aot/parallel/a-name-that-came-by-another-road-than-a-text/.
140 A constant path stops the build "unless the error is new a?.b or a template tagged with a?.b". Both stop the build, with TS1209 and TS1358. test/aot/ir/lower/programs/language/param-parentheses-five-more-texts.mjs:6, typescript-syntax-bun-run-reports-syntax.ts:30.
266 Nothing. An entry stored in require.cache under the path of a file of the program is kept and reads back. require() does not look at it: the file runs. With --no-aot the same holds for a path written in the call. The message of 2596ac5 under "Known problems": "an entry laid into require.cache under the key of a file of the program: bun <file> hands it out; with --aot the file runs and answers. 1 program. Not fixed here."
274 require.cache["fs"] = { exports: fake } makes require("fs") answer with fake, as in bun run. In an ES module that another file imports, require("fs") answers fake in an executable and the module itself under bun run. In the entry point and in CommonJS files the two agree. Measured. No stored test has an ES module that is not the entry point.
275 Bun[key] = path with a computed key throws a TypeError. It is stored, and import.meta.main follows. A read of Bun[key], or Bun handed on as a value, opens the store too. A store from eval beside none of these throws. what_may_store_the_path_of_the_main_module in src/aot/builtins/resolve/tests/module_objects.rs:565. test/aot/parallel/modules/bun-main-stored-where-the-build-cannot-see-it-is-refused/main.cjs has an Output block that begins stored.
388 import { x } from "pure", nothing uses x: removed. In a .ts file with noImplicitAny on, tsc and bun check report TS7016 for a package for which TypeScript finds no types. It takes them from declarations, from the TypeScript source of the package, or from its JavaScript with allowJs and maxNodeModuleJsDepth. The build stops with it where @types/bun is installed and "types" names bun, bun-types or *, as bun init sets it up. In any other project it stops only if the file uses the name nowhere as a value. A use in a function that nothing calls is enough to build. import "pure" builds. With declarations, or in a .js file, the import is removed. is_for_lack_of_bun_types in src/sema/driver/compile/effects.rs:156: with BunTypes::Installed nothing is forgiven. Otherwise an unknown module is forgiven unless TypeScript erases its import (is_import_that_the_build_loads, line 322). name_bun_types in src/sema/driver/compile/load.rs:685 accepts the three names. docs/compiler/aot.mdx:106 has the general rule.
396 bun test --aot removes the same imports. Not the imports that a test file or a preload writes. Those run their file wherever bun test runs it. In a TypeScript file, both leave out an import whose names nothing uses as a value. test/aot/test-setup-import.test.ts:2: "No executable holds a test file or a preload, so what one of them imports runs, as under bun test". src/aot/compile/program_reach.rs:1521.
397 A removed import isn't checked. If a file behind it imports a name that doesn't exist, "An executable starts". The build stops with TS100200: No matching export. --no-aot stops with the same text. test/aot/fuzz/accepted-differences.tsv:39: "bun build rejects it with and without --aot".
487 A member without an initializer after Size = "red".length counts on. bun run and an executable work out a const from outside the enum's own block. tsc and the build refuse that member with TS1061. With // @ts-ignore above it, it counts on. The const is worked out for an enum in a function, a namespace or a block, if the const is declared above that function, namespace or block and bun run writes it in place. An import { a } from "./a", a function or a class above the const in its own block stops that: Fail is undefined in both. A type annotation on the const brings TS1061. Row 499 now reads "where bun run works out const BASE = 100". Measured in 81 forms, each under bun <file> and in an executable. ends_const_local_prefix in src/sema/check/aot/const_inlining.rs:75 and is_in_enum_beside in src/sema/fold/known_to_bun_run.rs:318 hold the rule, after src/js_parser/visit/visit_stmt.rs:63. test/aot/parallel/enums/a-constant-beside-the-enum-or-behind-it-is-left-to-the-run-time.ts. #42004 and #46693 are open for an enum at the top level, where Fail is undefined under bun run too.
496 void limit before const limit has run throws a ReferenceError. No throw, as under bun run and with --no-aot. The row is gone. "A constant read above its declaration" has a sentence on it. The sentence also names the three places that keep such a read: a field initializer, a parameter default and the head of a loop. An executable throws there, with --no-aot too, and bun run does not. test/aot/parallel/tdz/reads-never-uses-variables-declarations.js:1: "An executable built with --aot behaves like one built without: where that one leaves the read out, this one does." test/aot/parallel/names-in-their-dead-zone-where-bun-run-takes-the-value/the-operand-of-a-void-whose-value-is-taken.mjs.
497 Color.Red = 9 stores to the enum's object. TS2540 in a checked .ts file. (Color as any).Red = 9 does what the row says, in both columns. docs/compiler/debugging.mdx:135 spells it (Color as any).Red = 9.
508 Throws Cannot find package 'node:'. An uncaught error prints that text. error.message reads Cannot find module 'node:'. The row stays. A sentence below the table has both texts. fmt and node_message in src/jsc/ResolveMessage.rs:134 and :352. #38944 is open for the cause in plain Bun.
509, 511 ["a" + "b"] = 1 in a class below an import(): bun compile defines the fields, --no-aot assigns them. TS1166 in a checked .ts file. With // @ts-ignore above the field the build assigns below the import() and defines above it, exactly as --no-aot. The row is gone. The key list of line 511 holds for both against bun run, so the paragraph moves to "Smaller differences". test/aot/ir/lower/classes/assigned-fields/folded-keys.ts puts // @ts-expect-error above each such key. test/aot/parallel/errors/a-message-quotes-what-the-bundler-computes-behind-an-import-call.js holds the build to bun build --compile behind an import().
588 typeof name; as a statement calls a getter on globalThis. In a function, a block, an if, a loop, a try. A plain statement at the top level of a file is removed, as bun build removes it. src/aot/compile/removable/rows.tsv:298: typeof unknownGlobal is removable. test/aot/ir/lower/classes/assigned-fields/keys-behind-what-nobody-takes.ts:32: "typeof may run a getter of the global object".
589 f.name is "" after const f = true ? () => 3 : null or const f = null ?? (() => 1). "f", as under bun run. The name is lost where bun run works a test out that bun build keeps: 1 + 1 === 2 ? fn : null, "a" + "b" === "ab" ? fn : null, "abc".length === 3 ? fn : null, 1 + 1 === 2 && fn. The row now names the first. The comma form (0, fn) loses it too in a JavaScript file, and stops a TypeScript build with TS2695. test/aot/from-source/answers/a-function-behind-an-operator-that-bun-run-folds-away-takes-the-name-from-source.ir: the build takes the name as bun <file> does where bun build folds the operator.
606 "$" in Bun and Object.hasOwn(Bun, "$") answer true and keep nothing. Both keep Bun.$: text from eval then reads it as a function. Object.keys(Bun).includes("$") keeps nothing. name_that_is_searched_for_is_a_mention_of_the_member in src/aot/builtins/resolve/tests/exposure.rs:394.
616 A .js file whose only require() is behind const DEBUG = false; if (DEBUG) is CommonJS, as with --no-aot. An ES module, as under bun run, and as row 506 of the same page says. The paragraph is gone. test/aot/parallel/the-format-of-a-file-is-what-bun-run-takes-it-for/.
622 On x64 the sum of Infinity and -Infinity read from a Float64Array is stored as 7ff8000000000000. Only where a loop adds the array up. a[0] + a[1] stored at once is fff8000000000000 in both. bun run stores either of the two once its JIT has compiled the loop. Measured in 65 forms. test/aot/parallel/arrays/typed-array-accesses-outside.ts:417: "NaN with any bits is one NaN as soon as it leaves the view."
debugging.mdx 131 In a test run an entry under require.cache["fs"] doesn't reach compiled code. It does. require("fs") answers the entry in the test file and in a CommonJS file that require() loaded, as in bun test. A CommonJS file that an import loaded gets the module itself in both. An ES module that the tests import gets the entry, where bun test answers the module itself. test/aot/an-entry-stored-in-require-cache-under-the-name-of-a-node-module.test.ts:11.
debugging.mdx, the table of differences "This is the whole list." It had no row for line 396. As for line 396.

Where the build side is open:

  • Line 588. The two parts of the build disagree. The tree shaker removes a top-level typeof name; as bun build does (src/aot/compile/removable.rs). The lowering keeps the same statement in a function. The row now names only the case that holds.

  • Line 266. To honour the entry, a require() of a written path needs the checked load that a test run has (src/aot/modules/evicted.rs:71, src/aot/compile/bind_stage.rs:301), and a part of it is in the engine.

  • debugging.mdx line 131. require("fs") in an ES module that a test imports answers the require.cache["fs"] entry in a compiled run, and the module itself under bun test. No stored test has that shape. The paragraph now states it.

  • Line 606. name_that_is_searched_for_is_a_mention_of_the_member holds a name behind in to a mention of the member, and the sentence follows it. The head of test/aot/reach-battery/families/every-name-of-a-holder.ts states the other goal: "It reads nothing, so the compiler keeps nothing of the member."

Not in this change: the report on writes that bun test --aot refuses without a throw or without a line in the list at the end of the run (debugging.mdx lines 106 and 107, compatibility.mdx line 72). Those refusals come from the engine.

Line 29, the count. One program for each member, with the assignment written out behind if (process.argv[2] === "go"), each built by itself: 606 writable function members of 47 objects. 137 are stored and 469 are refused. Of the 137, 75 are on console, the global object, process, Error, Error.prototype and Intl, where each member that was tried is stored. The other 62, with Buffer.poolSize and the format getters of the two Intl prototypes, are the 65 of the table. Each of the 65 can also be deleted and redefined. The build warns with TS100014 for each refused assignment whose object it can read.

Line 622, bun run by itself. The same loop in a function that is called 3,000,000 times: the stored word is fff8 at the first call in 5 of 5 runs, and changes to 7ff8 and back in 3 of them. With BUN_JSC_useJIT=0 it stays fff8. The executable stores 7ff8 from the first call.

What ran, on canary 1.4.4-canary.1+2596ac5d3, linux x64. "BUILD STOPS" is a build that exits with 1. Each program takes what decides it from process.argv.

## lines 29 and 39: members that stay writable
A: String.prototype.trim = fake (written out)                      stored and called
A: delete String.prototype.trim                                    undefined
A: String.prototype.split = fake                                   TypeError
## line 104: a computed name for eval
A: globalThis[key](code), key by slice()                           2
A: Reflect.get(globalThis, key)(code)                              2
A: const g = globalThis; g[key](code)                              2
R: this of a sloppy function, key by slice()                       2
A: this of a sloppy function, key by slice()                       EvalError
A: ... beside key === "eval"                                       2
A: ... beside case "eval":                                         2
A: ... beside key in { eval: 1 }                                   2
A: ... beside a method eval whose .name is read                    2
A: ... beside /eval/.test(key)                                     EvalError
A: ... beside class K { static eval() {} }                         EvalError
A: ... beside key.startsWith("ev")                                 EvalError
A: ... key by String.fromCharCode()                                EvalError
A: fn[key](code), "constructor" by slice()                         EvalError
A: ... beside key === "constructor"                                2
A: ... beside a key { constructor: 1 }                             2
A: ... beside class K { static constructor() {} }                  2
A: ... beside /constructor/.test(key)                              EvalError
## line 140: errors behind a constant path
A: import of a file with new a?.b                                  BUILD STOPS: TS1209: Invalid optional chain from new expression. Did you 
A: import of a file with a?.b`x`                                   BUILD STOPS: TS1358: Tagged template expressions are not permitted in an 
## line 266: a stub in require.cache for an own file
R: require("./dep.cjs") after the store                            FAKE | read back: FAKE | listed: true
A: require("./dep.cjs") after the store                            (body runs) REAL | read back: FAKE | listed: true
C: require("./dep.cjs") after the store                            (body runs) REAL | read back: FAKE | listed: true
A: require(p) after the store                                      (body runs) REAL
## line 275: Bun.main
A: Bun[key] = path, key from argv                                  stored true | import.meta.main: false
A: Bun.main = path written out                                     stored true | import.meta.main: false
A: Bun.main = path from eval alone                                 TypeError
A: ... beside a read of Bun[key]                                   stored true | import.meta.main: false
A: ... beside Bun handed to a function                             stored true | import.meta.main: false
## line 388: an unused import of a package without types, in a .ts file
A: import { x } from "pure", unused, no types                      BUILD STOPS: TS7016: Could not find a declarat
A: import * as pure from "pure", unused, no types                  BUILD STOPS: TS7016: Could not find a declarat
A: import "pure", no types                                         pure ran: 0
A: import { x } from "pure", x used, no types                      x: 1 pure ran: 1
A: import { x } from "pure", unused, with types                    pure ran: 0
A: the same, noImplicitAny off, no types                           pure ran: 0
## line 396: bun test --aot
bun test: import "pure" in the test file                           pure ran: 1
bun test --aot: import "pure" in the test file                     pure ran: 1
bun test --aot: in a preload                                       pure ran: 1
bun test --aot: in a helper beside the test                        pure ran: 0
bun test --aot: in a file that only the preload imports            pure ran: 0
bun test --aot: in src/lib.js                                      pure ran: 0
bun test: in src/lib.js                                            pure ran: 1
## line 397: a removed import whose file imports a missing name
A: import "pure"                                                   BUILD STOPS: TS100200: No matching export in "
C: import "pure"                                                   BUILD STOPS: No matching export in "node_modul
R: import "pure"                                                   SyntaxError: Export named 'missing' not found 
## line 465: reads that compute nothing, before const limit has run
A: limit; / void limit / return limit                              limit;: no throw void limit: no throw return limit: ReferenceError
R: limit; / void limit / return limit                              limit;: no throw void limit: no throw return limit: ReferenceError
C: limit; / void limit / return limit                              limit;: no throw void limit: no throw return limit: no throw
## line 487: enum members
A: Size = "red".length, Next                                       BUILD STOPS: TS1061: Enum member must have ini
R: Size = "red".length, Next                                       3 4
A: the same with // @ts-ignore above Next                          3 4
C: the same with // @ts-ignore above Next                          3 undefined
A: Ok = BASE, Fail in a namespace and in a function                10 11 10 11
R: Ok = BASE, Fail in a namespace and in a function                10 11 10 11
## line 497: a store to an enum member of another file
A: Color.Red = 9                                                   BUILD STOPS: TS2540: Cannot assign to 'Red' be
A: (Color as any).Red = 9                                          object: 9 | Color.Red: 1
C: (Color as any).Red = 9                                          SyntaxError: Left side of assignment is not a 
R: (Color as any).Red = 9                                          object: 9 | Color.Red: 9
## line 508: the text of the error
R: printed, uncaught                                               error: Cannot find package 'node:' from '/tmp/
R: error.message                                                   Cannot find module 'node:'
C: printed, uncaught                                               error: Cannot find package 'node:' from '/$bun
C: error.message                                                   Cannot find module 'node:'
A                                                                  node:path
## line 588: typeof name; with a getter on globalThis
R: in a function                                                   getter calls: 0
A: in a function                                                   getter calls: 1
A: in a block                                                      getter calls: 1
A: a plain statement at the top level of the file                  getter calls: 0
## line 589: f.name
R: (0, () => 3) | true ? () => 3 : null | null ?? (() => 1)        ["f","g","h"]
A: the same three                                                  ["","g","h"]
C: the same three                                                  ["","g","h"]
## line 606: Bun.$ read by text from eval
A: no mention in the file                                          Bun.$ was not compiled into
A: "$" in Bun in the file                                          function
A: Object.hasOwn(Bun, "$") in the file                             function
A: Object.keys(Bun).includes("$") in the file                      Bun.$ was not compiled into
## class fields with useDefineForClassFields false
R: ["a" + "b"] = 1                                                 assigned
A: the same, // @ts-ignore above the field                         defined
C: the same                                                        defined
A: the same without the comment                                    BUILD STOPS: TS1166: A computed property nam
A --minify-syntax: the same, with the comment                      assigned
R: [KEY] = 1, const KEY first in the file                          assigned
A: [KEY] = 1 (no comment needed)                                   defined
A: [-1] = 1 (no comment needed)                                    assigned
A: ["a" + "b"] = 1 below an import()                               assigned
C: ["a" + "b"] = 1 below an import()                               assigned
## line 622: the bytes of a NaN, x64
R: a loop adds up [Infinity, -Infinity]                            fff8000000000000
A: a loop adds up [Infinity, -Infinity]                            7ff8000000000000
R: out[0] = a[0] + a[1]                                            fff8000000000000
A: out[0] = a[0] + a[1]                                            fff8000000000000
R, JIT off: the loop                                               fff8000000000000
## line 616 (removed) and row 506: a file whose only require() is behind a constant false test
R                                                                  ES module
A                                                                  ES module
C                                                                  CommonJS
C --minify-syntax                                                  ES module

Added after review, on the same canary. "runs" and "does not run" say whether the body of pure ran. pure has "sideEffects": false.

## line 104: the other names of the global object, key by slice(), no text "eval" or "Function" in the file
A: global[key]("1+1")                                              2
A: self[key]("1+1")                                                2
A: new global[key]("return 1+1")()                                 2
A: new self[key]("return 1+1")()                                   2
## line 396: an import written in a test file                      bun test        bun test --aot
a.test.js: import "pure"                                           runs            runs
a.test.js: import { x } from "pure", x unused                      runs            runs
a.test.js: import * as pure from "pure", unused                    runs            runs
a.test.ts: import "pure"                                           runs            runs
a.test.ts: import { x } from "pure", x unused                      does not run    does not run
a.test.ts: import * as pure from "pure", unused                    does not run    does not run
a.test.ts: import pure from "pure", unused                         does not run    does not run
a.test.ts: import type { T } from "pure"                           does not run    does not run
a.test.ts: import { type T } from "pure"                           does not run    does not run
a.test.ts: import { x } from "pure", x used                        runs            runs
--preload setup.ts: import "pure"                                  runs            runs
--preload setup.ts: import { x } from "pure", x unused             does not run    does not run
## debugging.mdx line 131: require("fs") after require.cache["fs"] = { exports: fake } in a test
## written in                                                      bun test        bun test --aot
the test file                                                      the entry       the entry
a CommonJS file that require() loaded                              the entry       the entry
a CommonJS file that an import statement loaded                    the module      the module
the same file, require(name) with a computed name                  the entry       the entry
a CommonJS file that import() loaded                               the module      the module
an ES module that the test imports (.mjs, .js, .ts)                the module      the entry
createRequire(import.meta.url)("fs") in an ES module               the entry       the entry
import.meta.require("fs") in an ES module                          the entry       the entry
require("node:fs") in the test file                                the module      the module
import("fs") in the test file                                      the module      the module

Second round after review, on the same canary.

## line 388: a package without declarations, as an ES module and as CommonJS, with and without node_modules/@types/bun,
## with and without "sideEffects": false: 8 projects, the same result in each
A: import { x } from "pure", x used                                builds, x = 1
A: import { x } from "pure", x unused                              BUILD STOPS: TS7016
A: import "pure"                                                   builds
## the program of untyped_package_stops_only_a_project_with_bun_types_installed, @types/bun installed
bun build --compile --aot ./main.ts                                exit 0, the executable runs
bun check --aot ./main.ts                                          no diagnostics
bun check ./main.ts                                                TS7016 TS7006 TS7006 TS7006
## line 496: test/aot/parallel/tdz/reads-never-uses-variables-declarations.js
##                                                                 bun <file>      --compile        --compile --aot
in the initializer of a field: field = (inner, 1)                  returned 1      ReferenceError   ReferenceError
in the default of a parameter: first = (second, 1)                 returned 1      ReferenceError   ReferenceError
in the head of a loop: let index = (index, 0)                      returned 1      ReferenceError   ReferenceError
the other 19 reads that nothing uses                               the same answer in all three
## line 104: a variable, key by slice()
A: const g = globalThis; g[key]("1+1")                             2
A: const g = global; g[key]("1+1")                                 2
A: const g = self; g[key]("1+1")                                   2
A: let g; g = globalThis; g[key]("1+1")                            2
A: let held; [0].forEach(function () { held = this; }); held[key]("1+1")   EvalError
## line 29: one store to a member that the table does not list
A: Number.isInteger = f                                            TypeError
A: Number.prototype.toFixed = f                                    TypeError
A: Function.prototype.call = f                                     TypeError
A: Iterator.prototype.map = f                                      TypeError
A: WeakMap.prototype.get = f                                       TypeError
A: Intl.DateTimeFormat.prototype.constructor = f                   TypeError
A: Intl.NumberFormat.prototype.constructor = f                     TypeError

Third round, after a second look at each sentence in neighbouring forms, on the same canary.

## line 388: import { x } from "zz-pure" in a .ts file, the package has no declarations
##                                                        x is used     nothing uses x   import "zz-pure"
"types": ["bun"] and @types/bun installed (bun init)      TS7016        TS7016           builds
"types": ["bun"], @types/bun not installed                builds        TS7016           builds
@types/bun installed, not named in tsconfig.json          builds        TS7016           builds
neither                                                   builds        TS7016           builds
bun init project, node_modules/@types/zz-pure present     builds        builds           builds
bun init project, the same import in a .js file           builds
## where the build finds declarations (nothing uses x)
node_modules/@types/pure, index.d.ts beside index.js, "paths", a .d.ts that tsconfig.json includes   builds
a declare module "pure" in a folder without a tsconfig.json                                          TS7016
## line 274: require("fs") after require.cache["fs"] = { exports: fake }, written in
##                                                        bun <file>    --compile --aot  --compile
the entry point, an ES module or a CommonJS file          the entry     the entry        the entry
a CommonJS file that require() loaded                     the entry     the entry        the entry
a CommonJS file that an import loaded                     the module    the module       the entry
an ES module that another file imports (.mjs, .ts)        the module    the entry        the entry
## line 487: enum E { Ok = CONST, Fail }, what E.Fail is   bun <file>    --compile --aot  --compile
const first in the file, enum in a function               11            11               undefined
const first in the file, enum in a namespace              11            11               undefined
const below another const, enum in a function             11            11               undefined
const at the start of an outer function                   31            31               undefined
const in the same function as the enum                    undefined     undefined        undefined
const in the same namespace as the enum                   undefined     undefined        undefined
const below a function, a statement or an import          undefined     undefined        undefined
const first in the file, enum at the top level            undefined     undefined        undefined
## line 589: f.name                                        bun <file>    --compile --aot  --compile
const f = 1 + 1 === 2 ? () => 3 : null (.js and .ts)      "f"           ""               ""
const f = "a" + "b" === "ab" ? () => 3 : null             "f"           ""               ""
const f = "abc".length === 3 ? () => 3 : null             "f"           ""               ""
const f = 1 + 1 === 2 && (() => 3)                        "f"           ""               ""
const f = 2 > 1 ? () => 3 : null, !0 ?, true ?            "f"           "f"              "f"
const f = (0, () => 3) in a .js file                      "f"           ""               ""
const f = (0, () => 3) in a .ts file                      "f"           BUILD STOPS: TS2695
## line 104: the this of a sloppy function, key "eval" by slice(), beside
for (const k in { eval: 1, other: 2 }) ..                 EvalError
Object.keys(table), Object.entries(table), Object.getOwnPropertyNames(table), Reflect.ownKeys(table)   2
key in table, table[key], Object.hasOwn(table, key)       2
table.eval                                                EvalError
new held[key]("return 1+1")() with "Function" by slice()  EvalError, and 2 beside key === "Function"
## line 29: in a .cjs file without "use strict"
Math.max = f, Array.prototype.push = f, Proxy.revocable = f, delete Math.max   TypeError (bun <file>: no throw)
a store to a frozen object of the program                 no throw
Boolean.prototype.valueOf, BigInt.asIntN, Symbol.for, WeakSet.prototype.add, Reflect.get, Atomics.load,
ArrayBuffer.isView, DataView.prototype.getInt8, SharedArrayBuffer.prototype.slice = f   TypeError each

Fourth round, after the correction on lines 388 and 487, on the same canary. In each project @types/bun is installed unless the row says otherwise.

## line 388: import { x } from "pure"; console.log(x) in a .ts file, the package has no declarations
##                                                        --compile --aot         bun check
tsconfig.json as bun init writes it                       BUILD STOPS: TS7016     TS7016
the same less its line "types": ["bun"]                   builds, prints 1        TS7016
{ "compilerOptions": { "types": ["bun"] } }               BUILD STOPS: TS7016     TS7016
{ "compilerOptions": { "types": ["bun-types"] } }         BUILD STOPS: TS7016     TS7016
{ "compilerOptions": { "types": ["*"] } }                 BUILD STOPS: TS7016     TS7016
{ "compilerOptions": { "types": ["node"] } }              builds, prints 1        TS7016
{ "compilerOptions": { "types": [] } }                    builds, prints 1        TS7016
no tsconfig.json                                          builds, prints 1        TS7016
"types": ["bun"] and "noImplicitAny": false               builds, prints 1        no error
"types": ["bun"], node_modules/@types/bun taken away      builds, prints 1        TS2688
## tsc 7.0.2 reports TS7016 in the first two projects, for the used and for the unused import.
## the same projects, nothing uses x: BUILD STOPS: TS7016 in each, except with "noImplicitAny": false, which builds.
## no tsconfig.json: what the file does with x            --compile --aot
x only in a function that nothing calls                   builds
x only behind if (process.argv.length > 99)               builds
export { x }                                              builds
import { x, y }, only x used                              builds
x only in a type: let v: typeof x                         BUILD STOPS: TS7016
import * as pure, nothing uses pure                       BUILD STOPS: TS7016
import * as pure, pure.x only in a function nothing calls builds
nothing uses x, the package without "sideEffects": false  BUILD STOPS: TS7016
## tsconfig.json as bun init writes it
x only in a function that nothing calls                   BUILD STOPS: TS7016
await import("pure")                                      BUILD STOPS: TS7016
require("pure")                                           builds
## { "types": ["bun"], "allowJs": true, "maxNodeModuleJsDepth": 1 }, a CommonJS package and an ES module package, x used or not
tsc 7.0.2, bun check, --compile --aot                     no error in any of the three, the executables run
## the same with a depth of 0, or without "allowJs"       TS7016 in all three
## tsconfig.json as bun init writes it, a package whose "types", "exports" (types), "main" or "module" names index.ts, x used or not
tsc 7.0.2, bun check, --compile --aot                     no error in any of the three, the executables run
## tsc 5.9.3, the used import
without "strict"                                          exit 0
with "strict": true                                       TS7016
## line 487: const BASE = 10 and enum E { Ok = BASE, Fail }. What E.Fail is: bun <file> and --compile --aot agree in each row.
## the const stands at the head of
the file, the enum in a function, an arrow function or a method             11
the file, the enum in a namespace                                           11
the file, the enum in a block or in the block of an if                      11
a function, the enum in an inner function, block or if of it                11
a namespace, the enum in a function or a namespace inside it                11
a block, the enum in an inner block                                         11
the same file, function or namespace as the enum                            undefined
the file, below a const arrow function that holds the enum                  undefined
## what stands above the const at the top level of the file, the enum in a function
another const, also one that holds an object, a call, an arrow function, a bigint or require()    11
const [p, q] = [1, 2]; let x; let { length } = "abc"                        11
a type, an interface, a declare, an enum, a namespace of types only         11
import type, import { type T }, import path = require("node:path")          11
"use strict", a comment, export const X = 1                                 11
import { used } from "./dep", used or not; import "./dep"; import {} from "./dep"; an import from "node:path"    undefined
a function, a function with an overload, a class, a namespace with a value  undefined
let x = 1; var x = 1; console.log("first")                                  undefined
export default 5; export { A }; export function f() {}                      undefined
## a function, a class or a statement above the const in a function, a namespace or a block    undefined
## an import at the top of the file, the const at the head of a function, the enum in a block of it    11
## export { used } from "./dep" anywhere in the file, the const first in the file    undefined
## export * from "./dep" below the const                                    11
## --compile: undefined in each of 12 of these forms. --compile --minify-syntax: as bun <file> in each of the 12.
## the declaration of BASE, the enum in a function          bun <file>     --compile --aot
const BASE = 100; = 50 + 50; export const BASE = 100        101            101
const BASE = -10                                            -9             -9
const BASE: number = 100                                    101            BUILD STOPS: TS1061
const BASE: 100 = 100                                       101            BUILD STOPS: TS1061
const BASE = 100 as const; = 100 satisfies number           101            BUILD STOPS: TS1061
const BASE: number = 100, // @ts-ignore above Fail          101            101
let BASE = 10                                               undefined      BUILD STOPS: TS1061
const enum E in a function, E.Fail read in it               11             11

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Each of these places of docs/compiler/compatibility.mdx said what
`bun build --compile --aot` does not do, or left out what it does.
Each now says what the build does at 2596ac5.

Built-in objects:
- A table lists the members that stay writable where the build sees
  the write. The page named four of them.

Code from strings:
- `globalThis[name](code)` finds `eval` under any name. The list of
  names that the build finds applies to the `this` of a function that
  is not in strict mode, and to "constructor".

Modules:
- An entry stored in `require.cache` for a file of the program is not
  looked at by `require()`.
- `Bun[key] = path` is a store that the build sees.
- `new a?.b` and a template tagged with `a?.b` stop the build.
- A removed import is still checked: a missing name behind it stops
  the build.
- `bun test --aot` keeps an import that a test file or a preload
  writes.
- An unused import of a package without types stops a TypeScript
  build with TS7016.

Constants, enums and classes:
- `void limit` and `limit;` in the dead zone do not throw.
- The enum and class field examples name the TypeScript errors that
  stop the build (TS1061, TS2540, TS1166).
- A `const` from outside an enum is worked out in a namespace or a
  function only.
- The class field paragraph moves to "Smaller differences": it holds
  with and without `--aot`.

Smaller differences:
- `typeof name;` calls a getter in a function or a block.
- `f.name` differs for `(0, () => 3)` only.
- `"$" in Bun` keeps `Bun.$`. A list of the names keeps nothing.
- A file whose only `require()` is behind a constant false test is an
  ES module, as the table above says.
- The NaN example names the loop in which the bytes differ.

docs/compiler/debugging.mdx: the table of differences gets the row for
those imports of a test file, and the paragraph on an entry under the
name of a Node.js module in `require.cache` says that it answers
`require()` in a compiled test run too.
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Reproduced with canary 1.4.4-canary.1+2596ac5d3, the head of main. R is bun <file>, C is bun build --compile, A is bun build --compile --aot. Each line is a place of docs/compiler/compatibility.mdx before this change, and what the build does:

  • Line 29. String.prototype.trim = fake, written out, is stored in A and the fake is called. The page said that no existing member can be replaced. 65 members stay writable. Every other member of the listed objects throws a TypeError, in code that is not in strict mode too.
  • Line 104. globalThis[key]("1+1") with the key made by slice() gives 2 in A. The page said EvalError. That holds for the this of a sloppy function and for "constructor". There Object.keys() over { eval: 1 } makes the name found, and a for...in loop over it does not.
  • Line 140. A file with new a?.b, imported by a constant path, stops the A build with TS1209. The page said that it does not.
  • Line 266. After require.cache[p] = { exports: "FAKE" } for a file of the program, require("./dep.cjs") runs the file in A and in C. The page did not say so.
  • Line 274. After require.cache["fs"] = { exports: fake }, require("fs") in an ES module that another file imports answers fake in A and the module itself in R. The page said "as in bun run".
  • Line 275. Bun[key] = path with a computed key is stored in A. The page said TypeError.
  • Line 388. In a .ts file, an unused import { x } from "pure" of a package without declarations stops the A build with TS7016. The page said "Removed". tsc and bun check report TS7016 for the used import too. The A build stops at the used import only in a project that has @types/bun installed and names bun, bun-types or * under "types", as bun init sets it up. In any other project a use of x as a value is enough to build, also in a function that nothing calls.
  • Line 396. import "pure" in a test file runs the package under bun test --aot, as under bun test. The page said that it is removed. In a .ts test file, both leave out an import whose names nothing uses as a value.
  • Line 397. A removed import whose file imports a missing name stops the A build with TS100200. The page said that the executable starts.
  • Line 487. enum Color { Red = 1, Size = "red".length, Next } stops the A build with TS1061. A const is worked out for an enum in a function, a namespace or a block, if the const is declared above that function, namespace or block and bun run writes it in place: const BASE = 10 first in the file gives Fail 11. The same const below import { a } from "./a", a function or a class gives undefined in A and R. const BASE: number = 10 stops the A build with TS1061.
  • Line 496. void limit before const limit has run does not throw in A. The page said ReferenceError. A field initializer, a parameter default and the head of a loop keep such a read: field = (limit, 1) throws in A and in C, and not in R.
  • Line 497. Color.Red = 9 stops the A build with TS2540. (Color as any).Red = 9 does what the row says.
  • Line 508. The uncaught error prints Cannot find package 'node:', and error.message reads Cannot find module 'node:'.
  • Lines 509 and 511. ["a" + "b"] = 1 as a class field stops the A build with TS1166. With // @ts-ignore, A does what C does below an import().
  • Line 588. typeof name; calls the getter in a function or a block in A. As a plain statement at the top level of a file it does not.
  • Line 589. f.name after const f = true ? () => 3 : null is "f" in A, as in R. It is "" in A and "f" in R after const f = 1 + 1 === 2 ? () => 3 : null, which the row now names.
  • Line 606. With "$" in Bun in the file, text from eval reads typeof Bun.$ as "function" in A. The page said that the test keeps nothing.
  • Line 616. A .js file whose only require() is behind const DEBUG = false; if (DEBUG) is an ES module in A, as in R. The page said CommonJS.
  • Line 622. out[0] = a[0] + a[1] stores fff8000000000000 in A and in R. Only a loop that adds the array up stores 7ff8000000000000 in A.

Two places of docs/compiler/debugging.mdx come from the same runs. The table of differences had no row for line 396. Line 131 said that an entry under require.cache["fs"] does not reach compiled code in a test run. require("fs") answers the entry there: in the test file and in a CommonJS file that require() loaded as in bun test, and also in an ES module that the tests import, where bun test answers the module itself.

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The compiler compatibility and debugging guides update documentation about built-in members, build-time analysis, imports, module caches, and runtime differences.

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Built-in members and dynamic access
docs/compiler/compatibility.mdx
The guide updates which built-in members packages can replace and how computed access to eval and Function is documented. It also revises the Bun.$ reachability rule.
Build analysis and import handling
docs/compiler/compatibility.mdx, docs/compiler/debugging.mdx
The guides update documentation for syntax errors in constant-path imports, TypeScript import checks, imports written by tests or preloads, and detection of possible Bun.main stores.
Module cache behavior
docs/compiler/compatibility.mdx, docs/compiler/debugging.mdx
The guides revise descriptions of cache entries for compiled files and Node.js modules, including the documented results for require() and import.
Runtime and emitted-code differences
docs/compiler/compatibility.mdx
The guide updates descriptions and examples for constant reads, enums, require.resolve, function names, computed class fields, typeof, and typed-array NaN bytes.

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The documentation can mislead readers about when TS7016 occurs and whether declaration files are necessary. These are minor documentation issues suitable for follow-up; they do not block merging.

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The new wording treats computed access through global[name] and self[name] like access through globalThis[name]. If the compiler does not recognize either alias on an executable path, the documented way to reach eval or Function may fail.

The call throws instead of interpreting the supplied code as the guide promises.

This can occur when: An executable obtains eval through self[name], with name assembled at runtime and no direct reference to eval elsewhere.


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…entry as `bun test` has them

- An import that a test file or a preload writes runs its file
  wherever `bun test` runs it. In a TypeScript file both leave out an
  import whose names nothing uses as a value, so a type-only import
  runs nothing.
- The row in the table of differences names the case: the file is
  covered by `"sideEffects": false` and nothing uses a name from it.
- An entry under `require.cache["fs"]` answers `require("fs")` in the
  test file and in a CommonJS file that `require()` loaded. A CommonJS
  file that an `import` loaded gets the module itself, as in
  `bun test`. An ES module that the tests import gets the entry, where
  `bun test` answers the module itself.
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On the note about line 126 of compatibility.mdx (global[name] and self[name]): both reach eval and Function as globalThis[name] does. Run on canary 1.4.4-canary.1+2596ac5d3, each in an executable of its own, with const key = process.argv[2].slice(1) and no text eval or Function elsewhere in the file:

global[key]("1+1")                  2
self[key]("1+1")                    2
globalThis[key]("1+1")              2
new global[key]("return 1+1")()     2
new self[key]("return 1+1")()       2

computed_key_read_of_global_object_exposes in src/aot/builtins/resolve/tests/exposure.rs:948 holds globalThis[k], global[k] and const g = self; g[k] to the same answer. So the sentence stays as it is.

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…ts that the table calls read-only

- The initializer of a class field, the default of a parameter and the
  head of a loop keep a read that computes nothing. An executable
  throws there, with and without `--aot`, where `bun run` leaves the
  read out.
- The list of read-only objects names every object whose members the
  table lists: `Number`, `Function.prototype`, `Iterator.prototype`,
  `WeakMap.prototype` and the two `Intl` format prototypes.
- `obj[name](code)` finds `eval` under any name in a variable that the
  code sets to `globalThis`, `global` or `self`. A variable that holds
  the `this` of a sloppy function is the other case.
- An import of a package without types builds where the code uses the
  name. The `TS7016` stop is for a name that nothing uses.
- The sentence on TypeScript imports names `bun test` and
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… a `bun init` project and in neighbouring forms

- `TS7016`: the build needs declarations that it can find, from the
  package or from elsewhere. Without them an import whose name nothing
  uses stops the build. A used name stops it only in a project that
  has `@types/bun` installed and names it under `"types"`, as
  `bun init` sets it up.
- The list of read-only objects names each object that refuses a
  store, and says that the store throws in code that is not in strict
  mode too.
- An enum works out a `const` from outside its namespace or function
  only where `bun run` writes that constant in place. The row of the
  table says "at the top".
- A key that only a `for...in` loop lists does not make a computed
  name find `eval`. `Object.keys()` and `Object.entries()` do.
- The `f.name` row uses `1 + 1 === 2 ? () => 3 : null`, which
  TypeScript takes. The comma form stops a TypeScript build with
  `TS2695`.
- `require("fs")` in an ES module that another file imports answers
  the `require.cache["fs"]` entry in an executable, where `bun run`
  answers the module itself.
- `globalThis[name](code)` is said of `eval` and `Function`.
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The `TS7016` bullet of the compatibility page now says that `tsc` and
`bun check` report the error in every project. The build stops with it
where `@types/bun` is installed and `types` names `bun`, `bun-types` or
`*`. In any other project the build stops only if the file uses the
name nowhere as a value. A use in a function that nothing calls is
enough to build.

The enum paragraph now says where the enum and the `const` stand when
`Fail` is `BASE + 1`: the enum in a function, a namespace or a block,
the `const` above that function, namespace or block. An `import { a }
from "./a"`, a function or a class above the `const` in its own block
keeps `bun run` from writing it in place, and `Fail` is `undefined` in
`bun run` and in an executable. A type annotation on the `const` makes
TypeScript ask for an initializer (`TS1061`).

The row of the `--no-aot` table names the case by what `bun run` does.

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…eclaration in the enum row

The `TS7016` bullet links "by default" to the section of the `bun check`
page that says where `strict` is on by default. `tsc` 5.9 has it off and
reports nothing for the import.

With `allowJs` and `maxNodeModuleJsDepth`, `tsc`, `bun check` and the
build read the types off the JavaScript of the package. The bullet now
says so.

The enum row of the `--no-aot` table shows `const BASE = 100`. With a
type annotation on the `const`, `bun run` works the member out and the
build stops with `TS1061`.

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The `TS7016` bullet of the compatibility page said that the import
needs type declarations. A package whose `types`, `exports`, `main` or
`module` names a `.ts` file needs none: `tsc`, `bun check` and the
build take the types from that source.

The bullet now names the three sources: declarations, the TypeScript
source of the package, and its JavaScript with `allowJs` and
`maxNodeModuleJsDepth`.

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