Downlevel emit for let\const

src/compiler/binder.ts

@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ module ts {
 
         if (!file.locals) {
             file.locals = {};
-            container = blockScopeContainer = file;
+            container = file;
+            setBlockScopeContainer(file, /*cleanLocals*/ false);
             bind(file);
             file.symbolCount = symbolCount;
         }
@@ -77,6 +78,13 @@ module ts {
             return new Symbol(flags, name);
         }
 
+        function setBlockScopeContainer(node: Node, cleanLocals: boolean) {
+            blockScopeContainer = node;
+            if (cleanLocals) {
+                blockScopeContainer.locals = undefined;
+            }
+        }
+
         function addDeclarationToSymbol(symbol: Symbol, node: Declaration, symbolKind: SymbolFlags) {
             symbol.flags |= symbolKind;
             if (!symbol.declarations) symbol.declarations = [];
@@ -236,7 +244,13 @@ module ts {
             }
 
             if (isBlockScopeContainer) {
-                blockScopeContainer = node;
+                // in incremental scenarios we might reuse nodes that already have locals being allocated
+                // during the bind step these locals should be dropped to prevent using stale data.
+                // locals should always be dropped unless they were previously initialized by the binder
+                // these cases are:
+                // - node has locals (symbolKind & HasLocals) !== 0
+                // - node is a source file
+                setBlockScopeContainer(node, /*cleanLocals*/  (symbolKind & SymbolFlags.HasLocals) === 0 && node.kind !== SyntaxKind.SourceFile);
             }
 
             forEachChild(node, bind);

src/compiler/checker.ts

@@ -5075,10 +5075,63 @@ module ts {
 
             checkCollisionWithCapturedSuperVariable(node, node);
             checkCollisionWithCapturedThisVariable(node, node);
+            checkBlockScopedBindingCapturedInLoop(node, symbol);
 
             return getNarrowedTypeOfSymbol(getExportSymbolOfValueSymbolIfExported(symbol), node);
         }
 
+        function isInsideFunction(node: Node, threshold: Node): boolean {
+            var current = node;
+            while (current && current !== threshold) {
+                if (isAnyFunction(current)) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+                current = current.parent;
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        function checkBlockScopedBindingCapturedInLoop(node: Identifier, symbol: Symbol): void {
+            if (languageVersion >= ScriptTarget.ES6 ||
+                (symbol.flags & SymbolFlags.BlockScopedVariable) === 0 ||
+                symbol.valueDeclaration.parent.kind === SyntaxKind.CatchClause) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // - check if binding is used in some function
+            // (stop the walk when reaching container of binding declaration)
+            // - if first check succeeded - check if variable is declared inside the loop
+
+            // nesting structure:
+            // (variable declaration or binding element) -> variable declaration list -> container
+            var container: Node = symbol.valueDeclaration;
+            while (container.kind !== SyntaxKind.VariableDeclarationList) {
+                container = container.parent;
+            }
+            // get the parent of variable declaration list
+            container = container.parent;
+            if (container.kind === SyntaxKind.VariableStatement) {
+                // if parent is variable statement - get its parent
+                container = container.parent;
+            }
+
+            var inFunction = isInsideFunction(node.parent, container);
+
+            var current = container;
+            while (current && !nodeStartsNewLexicalEnvironment(current)) {
+                if (isIterationStatement(current, /*lookInLabeledStatements*/ false)) {
+                    if (inFunction) {
+                        grammarErrorOnFirstToken(current, Diagnostics.Loop_contains_block_scoped_variable_0_referenced_by_a_function_in_the_loop_This_is_only_supported_in_ECMAScript_6_or_higher, declarationNameToString(node));
+                    }
+                    // mark value declaration so during emit they can have a special handling
+                    getNodeLinks(<VariableDeclaration>symbol.valueDeclaration).flags |= NodeCheckFlags.BlockScopedBindingInLoop;
+                    break;
+                }
+                current = current.parent;
+            }
+        }
+
         function captureLexicalThis(node: Node, container: Node): void {
             var classNode = container.parent && container.parent.kind === SyntaxKind.ClassDeclaration ? container.parent : undefined;
             getNodeLinks(node).flags |= NodeCheckFlags.LexicalThis;
@@ -10467,25 +10520,8 @@ module ts {
             }
 
             function makeUniqueName(baseName: string): string {
-                // First try '_name'
-                if (baseName.charCodeAt(0) !== CharacterCodes._) {
-                    var baseName = "_" + baseName;
-                    if (!isExistingName(baseName)) {
-                        return generatedNames[baseName] = baseName;
-                    }
-                }
-                // Find the first unique '_name_n', where n is a positive number
-                if (baseName.charCodeAt(baseName.length - 1) !== CharacterCodes._) {
-                    baseName += "_";
-                }
-                var i = 1;
-                while (true) {
-                    name = baseName + i;
-                    if (!isExistingName(name)) {
-                        return generatedNames[name] = name;
-                    }
-                    i++;
-                }
+                var name = generateUniqueName(baseName, isExistingName);
+                return generatedNames[name] = name;
             }
 
             function assignGeneratedName(node: Node, name: string) {
@@ -10686,6 +10722,46 @@ module ts {
                 !hasProperty(getGeneratedNamesForSourceFile(getSourceFile(location)), name);
         }
 
+        function getBlockScopedVariableId(n: Identifier): number {
+            Debug.assert(!nodeIsSynthesized(n));
+
+            // ignore name parts of property access expressions
+            if (n.parent.kind === SyntaxKind.PropertyAccessExpression &&
+                (<PropertyAccessExpression>n.parent).name === n) {
+                return undefined;
+            }
+
+            // ignore property names in object binding patterns
+            if (n.parent.kind === SyntaxKind.BindingElement &&
+                (<BindingElement>n.parent).propertyName === n) {
+                return undefined;
+            }
+
+            // for names in variable declarations and binding elements try to short circuit and fetch symbol from the node
+            var declarationSymbol: Symbol =
+                (n.parent.kind === SyntaxKind.VariableDeclaration && (<VariableDeclaration>n.parent).name === n) ||
+                 n.parent.kind === SyntaxKind.BindingElement
+                    ? getSymbolOfNode(n.parent)
+                    : undefined;
+
+            var symbol = declarationSymbol ||
+                getNodeLinks(n).resolvedSymbol ||
+                resolveName(n, n.text, SymbolFlags.BlockScopedVariable | SymbolFlags.Import, /*nodeNotFoundMessage*/ undefined, /*nameArg*/ undefined);
+
+            var isLetOrConst =
+                symbol &&
+                (symbol.flags & SymbolFlags.BlockScopedVariable) &&
+                symbol.valueDeclaration.parent.kind !== SyntaxKind.CatchClause;
+
+            if (isLetOrConst) {
+                // side-effect of calling this method:
+                //   assign id to symbol if it was not yet set
+                getSymbolLinks(symbol);
+                return symbol.id;
+            }
+            return undefined;
+        }
+
         function createResolver(): EmitResolver {
             return {
                 getGeneratedNameForNode,
@@ -10702,6 +10778,7 @@ module ts {
                 isEntityNameVisible,
                 getConstantValue,
                 isUnknownIdentifier,
+                getBlockScopedVariableId,
             };
         }
 
@@ -11443,7 +11520,8 @@ module ts {
                     if (isBindingPattern(node.name) && !isBindingPattern(node.parent)) {
                         return grammarErrorOnNode(node, Diagnostics.A_destructuring_declaration_must_have_an_initializer);
                     }
-                    if (isConst(node)) {
+                    // const declarations should not be initialized in for-in for-of statements
+                    if (isConst(node) && node.parent.parent.kind !== SyntaxKind.ForInStatement && node.parent.parent.kind !== SyntaxKind.ForOfStatement) {
                         return grammarErrorOnNode(node, Diagnostics.const_declarations_must_be_initialized);
                     }
                 }
@@ -11485,15 +11563,6 @@ module ts {
             if (!declarationList.declarations.length) {
                 return grammarErrorAtPos(getSourceFileOfNode(declarationList), declarations.pos, declarations.end - declarations.pos, Diagnostics.Variable_declaration_list_cannot_be_empty);
             }
-
-            if (languageVersion < ScriptTarget.ES6) {
-                if (isLet(declarationList)) {
-                    return grammarErrorOnFirstToken(declarationList, Diagnostics.let_declarations_are_only_available_when_targeting_ECMAScript_6_and_higher);
-                }
-                else if (isConst(declarationList)) {
-                    return grammarErrorOnFirstToken(declarationList, Diagnostics.const_declarations_are_only_available_when_targeting_ECMAScript_6_and_higher);
-                }
-            }
         }
 
         function allowLetAndConstDeclarations(parent: Node): boolean {

src/compiler/diagnosticInformationMap.generated.ts

@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ module ts {
         Parameter_0_of_exported_function_has_or_is_using_name_1_from_private_module_2: { code: 4077, category: DiagnosticCategory.Error, key: "Parameter '{0}' of exported function has or is using name '{1}' from private module '{2}'." },
         Parameter_0_of_exported_function_has_or_is_using_private_name_1: { code: 4078, category: DiagnosticCategory.Error, key: "Parameter '{0}' of exported function has or is using private name '{1}'." },
         Exported_type_alias_0_has_or_is_using_private_name_1: { code: 4081, category: DiagnosticCategory.Error, key: "Exported type alias '{0}' has or is using private name '{1}'." },
+        Loop_contains_block_scoped_variable_0_referenced_by_a_function_in_the_loop_This_is_only_supported_in_ECMAScript_6_or_higher: { code: 4091, category: DiagnosticCategory.Error, key: "Loop contains block-scoped variable '{0}' referenced by a function in the loop. This is only supported in ECMAScript 6 or higher." },
         The_current_host_does_not_support_the_0_option: { code: 5001, category: DiagnosticCategory.Error, key: "The current host does not support the '{0}' option." },
         Cannot_find_the_common_subdirectory_path_for_the_input_files: { code: 5009, category: DiagnosticCategory.Error, key: "Cannot find the common subdirectory path for the input files." },
         Cannot_read_file_0_Colon_1: { code: 5012, category: DiagnosticCategory.Error, key: "Cannot read file '{0}': {1}" },

src/compiler/diagnosticMessages.json

@@ -1581,6 +1581,10 @@
         "category": "Error",
         "code": 4081
     },
+    "Loop contains block-scoped variable '{0}' referenced by a function in the loop. This is only supported in ECMAScript 6 or higher.": {
+        "category": "Error",
+        "code": 4091
+    },
     "The current host does not support the '{0}' option.": {
         "category": "Error",
         "code": 5001