minify: port esbuild's statement-level syntax passes

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Problem

• bun build --minify leaves the statement-level rewrites to esbuild and oxc. On the same 254-file app the output is 2,877 KB against esbuild's 2,825 KB.
• The Rust visitor stopped at // TODO: optimize jump in visit_stmts (src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs). bun build --no-bundle --minify was weaker still: comma joins and the arrow body collapse were bundle-only.

Fix

• New src/js_parser/visit/mangle.rs ports esbuild's mangleStmts, mangleIf, mangleFor, MangleIfExpr and ValuesLookTheSame. visit_stmt and visit_binary get the matching rewrites (while to for, === to == for known primitives). simplify_boolean now matches SimplifyBooleanExpr.
• Gating: a new parser feature, minify_syntax_statements. Every bundle and bun build --no-bundle set it. bun run, Bun.Transpiler and bun pm diff leave it off, so their output is byte-identical to main. It is also off inside a function the React Compiler may compile.
• Switch case bodies are mangled once every case is visited, so a const used by a later case keeps its declaration (the bug js_parser: mangle switch case bodies after every case is visited #40791 fixes).
• Verified: test/bundler/esbuild/js_parser_mangle.test.ts (483 cases copied from esbuild's TestMangle* tests, 13 of 14 groups fail on 1.4.1) and the minify/* and runtime transpiler tests in bundler_minify.test.ts. Also test/bundler/ with the 3,293 React Compiler fixtures.

Background

• visit_stmts runs the statement mangler after every statement in a list is visited, so nested blocks are already mangled when their parent is.
• StmtsKind names the list: FnBody allows the implicit return rewrites, LoopBody the same for continue.
• StoreRef<T> is a Copy handle into the AST arena. A write through it changes the node in place.

Notes

Self-review: 11 concerns raised, 9 addressed. The gate is now the explicit minify_syntax_statements feature instead of minify_syntax && (bundle || transform_only), which had switched the passes on for Bun.Transpiler with target: "node" and for bun pm diff --minify. The expression rewrites (=== to ==, a === null || a === void 0, the ||/&&/?? re-association, the simplify_boolean rules) moved behind the same gate, so bun run output is unchanged and Function.prototype.toString() stays as it was. The switch case fix from #40791 is included. Not taken: the request to land #40791 first and rebase this PR on it (the fix is carried here instead, and #40791 can land either before or after), and a separate flag for Bun.Transpiler (left off, a one-line change when wanted).

Related open PRs that touch the same visit_stmts tail: #40791 (the switch case fix, carried here), #41156 and #41158 (other minifier passes, they add their own mangle_if_expr/values_look_the_same helpers and drop them on rebase), #40829 (this for call targets and template tags, see below). #34826 was closed in favor of this PR: its test is minify/IfStatementMangling, and one output differs, if (a) return; else return x at the end of a function body becomes if (!a) return x (as in esbuild) instead of return a ? void 0 : x.

Bounded nesting: MAX_MANGLE_NESTING = 128 in mangle.rs. A run of if (x) return; statements nests into one && chain and a run of if (x) return y; into one ?: chain, one level per statement. esbuild has no bound and goes quadratic (16,000 if (a[i]) return; statements: 10.9 s and 11.3 GB in esbuild 0.28.2). Past 128 levels the rest of the list stays as written. minify/LongJumpChainsStayBounded covers it with 600-statement runs.

Template tags: (a ? o.m : o.m)\x`prints as(0, o.m)`x`(the same comma the call target gets), so the bundle keepsthis unbound. The constant-test folds ((1 ? o.m : 2)`x`, (typeof o ? o.m : 2)`x`) go through the same wrap. The printer's check for an optional chain in tag position looked at the template instead of the tag, so (a != null ? a.b() : void 0)`x`would have printed the invalida?.b()`x`; it now prints (a?.b())`x`. The runtime transpiler and --minify-syntaxon 1.4.1 drop the(0, …) comma for any tag today ((0, o.m)`x`runs withthis === o`); #40829 fixes that in the printer.

Kept from esbuild on purpose: the ported cases keep Bun's own output in 16 places. 14 are Bun hoisting a nested var to the top of a transform-only build (esbuild only does that when bundling), 2 are Bun parsing the file as strict module code so a block-level function declaration gets no sloppy-mode var alias. 10 cases that depend on MaybeSimplifyEqualityComparison (!a === false to !!a, (a, b) === c to a, b === c) are not ported here.

Bug fixed on the way: s_for kept a var initializer in the loop head after maybe_relocate_vars_to_top_level had already hoisted it, so for (var b;;) ; printed for (var b;;) ; var b;. The init is now cleared like esbuild does.

simplify_boolean gains the &&/|| operand recursion, the ?: cases and the (a >>> b) !== 0 to a >>> b rule. esbuild's default branch ([] to true in a boolean context) is left out: Bun prints booleans as !0/!1, so x || 1 would grow to x || !0.

The unused function and class expression names that the bundler already dropped under minify_syntax are now dropped by bun build --no-bundle too, as esbuild does. The React Compiler fixture repro-destructure-from-prop-with-default-value no longer diverges between the minified and the plain build, so its entry in MINIFY_SYNTAX_DIVERGENCE is gone.

The runtime transpiler cache version goes to 29: the switch case fix changes the output of cached files, and the new feature bit joins the features hash.

Snapshot updates: edgecase/EmitInvalidSourceMap2 (the __toESM helper shrinks by 9 bytes, the first mapping column moves), npm/ReactSSR (six mapping columns and the exact file size), the typeof x === "string" expectations in bundler_minify.test.ts, and the three --minify entries of bundler_bytecode_portable.test.ts (the minified corpus changes, so its bytecode changes; the other 17 entries are unchanged, and every lane in CI computed the same three new hashes).

Non-minified output is unchanged: bun build --target=bun of happy-dom and of the bytecode libraries.js corpus is byte-identical to main.

Example of the gap from the Problem section: if(!r)return 1;if(r.x)return 2;return 3 stays as is on 1.4.1, esbuild prints return r?r.x?2:3:1. The printer still prints (t)=>t+1 with the parens (#30655 covers that). The unused catch binding drop is one of the three transforms #40362 asks for.

Performance, release builds of main and this branch without LTO, bun build --minify --target=node, medians of 15 interleaved runs in this container (main to this PR): typescript.js (9.1 MB, one file) 256.0 to 258.8 ms wall, 261.5 to 264.0 ms CPU, 114.3 to 114.6 MB peak RSS, output 3,675,368 to 3,620,423 bytes. lodash.js (544 KB) 14.7 to 14.8 ms, 17.9 to 18.2 ms CPU, 35.3 MB both, 73,507 to 72,499 bytes. happy-dom (549 ESM files) 28.1 to 27.9 ms, 100.2 to 101.4 ms CPU, 56.2 MB both, 709,578 to 702,574 bytes. The minified TypeScript compiler from both builds loads under Node 26 and gives the same transpileModule output and the same diagnostics for a createProgram over lib.es5.d.ts.

Other suites run: test/bundler/ (12 failures, all 5 s timeouts of bytecode and compile tests that also time out on main in this container, plus the snapshot updates above), test/bundler/transpiler/, test/bundler/esbuild/, test/regression/issue/ minify tests, test/js/bun/transpiler/, test/cli/install/bun-pm-diff.test.ts.

Fixes #4211

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Walkthrough

The parser gains statement-level syntax minification, recursive expression simplification, optional-chain and equality rewrites, scope-aware control-flow mangling, React Compiler safeguards, runtime-transpiler wiring, cache versioning, and expanded regression coverage.

Changes

Syntax Minification

Layer / File(s)	Summary
AST analysis contracts src/ast/expr.rs	Expr::not and Data::extract_numeric_value are public. BinAddAssign receives refined string classification.
Minification gating and visitor integration src/js_parser/p.rs, src/js_parser/parser.rs, src/js_parser/parse/parse_entry.rs, src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs, src/bundler/*, src/runtime/cli/build_command.rs, src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs	Statement minification is propagated through parser and bundler options. Full syntax minification is disabled inside React Compiler candidate functions. Statement processing moves into mangle.
Expression simplification and optional chaining src/js_parser/scan/scan_side_effects.rs, src/js_parser/visit/visit_binary.rs, src/js_parser/visit/visit_expr.rs	Boolean, equality, logical, nullish, conditional, tagged-template, and optional-chain expressions receive minification rewrites.
Statement, loop, and exception mangling src/js_parser/visit/mangle.rs, src/js_parser/visit/visit_stmt.rs	The parser removes dead code, merges statements, simplifies branches, transforms loops, folds jumps, and cleans up try/catch/finally structures while preserving scope-sensitive behavior.
Minification and transpiler validation test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts, test/bundler/esbuild/js_parser_mangle.test.ts, test/bundler/*	Tests cover statement mangling, expression rewrites, non-bundled transpilation, switch fallthrough declarations, source maps, React SSR output, bytecode output, and parser diagnostics.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 5e68c

The change adds statement-level minification, but two constant-folded conditional template-tag cases can still preserve an object member as the tag and change its this binding from undefined to the owning object, causing runtime behavior changes for affected code. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up on this localized correctness issue.

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Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The implementation satisfies issue #4211 by adding minified if/else and conditional-expression rewrites, including nested control-flow cases, with matching tests and semantic safeguards.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The additional loop, equality, boolean, switch-case, cache, and snapshot changes support the broader statement-level minification port and its required compatibility safeguards. No unrelated changes a…
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly explains the problem, implementation, gating, verification, performance impact, and related fixes. It does not use the exact template headings, but it provides the required inf…
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In `@src/js_parser/p.rs`:
- Around line 5738-5740: Rename the ParserOptions/Options method currently named
full_minify_syntax to a distinct name, update its call in P::full_minify_syntax,
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declaration-copy sites with this helper and remove the duplicated unsafe blocks.

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- Around line 2062-2064: The dead-catch marking condition in the surrounding
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set p.is_control_flow_dead only when full syntax minification is enabled.

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- Line 1694: Update the local log function in the minify test to accept and
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Rebased onto main and pushed 65f4fae with the review feedback:

• One P::full_minify_syntax() predicate. The Options method is gone.
• The new simplify_boolean rules and the dead catch marking run only for minified builds. bun build --target=bun of happy-dom and of the bytecode corpus is byte-identical to main.
• delete (a ? b.c : b.c) keeps the conditional.
• minify/StatementLevelMangling records every value (38 checks), and the ported test helper no longer leaves stdout unread.
• Snapshots: the three --minify entries in bundler_bytecode_portable.test.ts (same hashes on every CI lane), the source map column in edgecase/EmitInvalidSourceMap2, and the React SSR mapping columns and file size after the rebase.

The other CI failures on the first run were pre-existing or flaky lanes (bun-patch on Windows, retried network tests).

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In `@src/js_parser/visit/mangle.rs`:
- Around line 1515-1525: Update both loop-test merge sites in mangle_for to use
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including the corresponding second site around the later merged-test logic,
instead of constructing E::Binary directly; preserve the current && operator and
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- Around line 236-238: Update mangle_stmts so both statement-merge paths,
including the local declaration merge around can_merge_with and the
var-assignment folding path, only execute when full is true. Preserve existing
merge behavior when full_minify_syntax() is enabled and retain statement
structure otherwise.

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Pushed b50049e: is_int32_or_uint32 now carries p.stack_check and stops at the same depth as the other recursive walkers in this PR. A 3000-term (a>>>0)||... chain still gets the !== 0 rewrite, and a 100000-term chain reports "Maximum call stack size exceeded" instead of overflowing the native stack.

On the merge-risk note above: the runtime transpiler does not get the new statement restructuring. Adjacent let/const merging and the var f; f = 1 fold run under minify_syntax on main today, before this PR, and stay unchanged. The test runtime transpiler keeps statement structure in test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts pins the bun run output.

CI on 50f2572: 180 of 181 jobs passed. The one red job, linux aarch64 - verify-baseline, failed before it ran anything (rustup could not download the nightly manifest, connection timed out). b50049e is running as build 109267.

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Consolidated #34826 into this PR.

• Verified on this branch at b50049e: test/bundler/esbuild/js_parser_mangle.test.ts (14 groups) and test/bundler/bundler_minify.test.ts (53 tests) pass. Every rewrite minify: lower if statements to conditionals and logical expressions #34826 tested is covered: if (a) b(); else c(), if (a) b(), if (!a) b(), if (!a) b(); else c(), both-return, both-throw, if (a) {} else b(), if (a()) {} else {}, comma-joined blocks, and var/break branches kept as if. The one difference is if (a) return; else return x at the end of a function body: minify: lower if statements to conditionals and logical expressions #34826 printed return a ? void 0 : x, this branch prints if (!a) return x, as esbuild does.
• Pushed 4782eb2: its runtime test, ported as minify/IfStatementMangling. Each rewritten form runs with a truthy and a falsy input and the side effects are compared with the original. It fails on 1.4.1 (the shapes differ) and passes here.
• Added Fixes #4211 to the body, so the issue closes on merge.

CI at b50049e: mordant reports one finding over the baseline in src/js_parser/visit/mangle.rs:791 (mangle_if is generic over TYPESCRIPT and SCAN_ONLY but 35 of its 425 MIR statements use neither). Build #109267 also has a 30 s timeout in test/cli/run/require-cache.test.ts on debian 13 x64-asan and retries on flaky lanes.

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Rebased onto main and pushed d16cdc8 and 5e68c7d after a review of the diff:

• The gate is an explicit parser feature, minify_syntax_statements, set by the bundler's parse task and by bun build --no-bundle. The old predicate, minify_syntax && (bundle || transform_only), also switched the passes on for Bun.Transpiler with target: "node" and for bun pm diff --minify. Both keep their main behavior now.
• The expression rewrites (=== to ==, a === null || a === void 0, the ||/&&/?? re-association, the simplify_boolean rules) sit behind the same gate, so bun run output is byte-identical to main. The typeof expectations in transpiler.test.js are back to what main has, and the runtime test in bundler_minify.test.ts pins ===, a >>> 0 !== 0 and a != null && a.b().
• The switch case fix from js_parser: mangle switch case bodies after every case is visited #40791 is carried here: case bodies are mangled from s_switch once every case is visited. Its two tests are included, and the runtime transpiler cache version goes to 29.
• MAX_MANGLE_NESTING = 128: a run of if (x) return; nests one && level per statement and a run of if (x) return y; one ?: level. esbuild has no bound (16,000 statements: 10.9 s and 11.3 GB). The rest of the list stays as written past 128 levels. minify/LongJumpChainsStayBounded covers it.
• (a ? o.m : o.m)\x`prints as(0, o.m)`x``, like the call target. The runtime transpiler drops that comma for any tag today; Keep this undefined for call targets and template tags that a rewrite turned into a property access #40829 covers that.
• Release builds of main and this branch (no LTO, medians of 15 interleaved runs): typescript.js 256.0 to 258.8 ms and 3,675,368 to 3,620,423 bytes, lodash.js 14.7 to 14.8 ms, happy-dom (549 files) 28.1 to 27.9 ms. Peak RSS is unchanged. The numbers are in the PR body.

Related open PRs on the same visit_stmts tail: #40791, #41156, #41158, #40829. Whichever lands second rebases.

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In `@src/js_parser/visit/visit_expr.rs`:
- Line 1518: Update both constant-folding branches in the surrounding
expression-folding logic—those checking e_.yes.has_value_for_this_in_call() and
e_.no.has_value_for_this_in_call()—to apply the same
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This pull request has been reviewed before and this review found new issues. Where they share a root cause, one fix may close them together.

Additional findings (outside the current diff — GitHub can't attach inline comments there):

• 🟣 src/js_parser/visit/visit_expr.rs — nit, pre-existing: the CouldHaveSideEffects constant-test branches still emit a bare member expression when simplify_unused_expr strips the test to nothing — (typeof x ? o.m : y)() and ([] ? o.m : y)`t`fold too.m()/o.m\t`(this bound too), same as on the base branch, whereas the sibling NoSideEffectspaths at 1547/1574 were just fixed to add(0, o.m). Fix: when simplify_unused_exprreturnsNone, wrap e_.yes/e_.noin(0, …)if(is_call_target || is_template_tag) && has_value_for_this_in_call()`, at both 1537-1541 and 1564-1568.

  Extended reasoning...

  to_boolean returns {value:true, side_effects:CouldHaveSideEffects} for typeof x, void e, [], {}, and comma/|| heads (scan_side_effects.rs:1015-1054). At visit_expr.rs:1537 that takes the CouldHaveSideEffects arm: simplify_unused_expr(p, e_.test) returns None for typeof x (scan_side_effects.rs:287-292) and for [] (line 574 → join_all_simplified on 0 items → None), so .unwrap_or_else(|| E::Missing).join_with_comma(e_.yes) returns e_.yes unchanged (expr.rs:798 if self.is_missing() { return b; }) and writes it back to *e. When the EIf was a call target or (after cfd7fd3) a template tag, the result is a bare EDot/EIndex, so the printer emits o.m() / o.m`t`andthis === owhere the source's conditional yields a value withthis === undefined. The NoSideEffectsarm one screen down was just patched with(is_call_target || is_template_tag) && e_.yes.has_value_for_this_in_call(); this arm and its falsy twin at 1564-1568 were not, and the base branch never guarded them for is_call_target` either — hence pre-existing.

  Verification: pre-existing — the CouldHaveSideEffects arm at visit_expr.rs:1537-1541 (and its false-branch twin at 1564-1568) is byte-identical on the base commit d6af50f (base e_if shown: *e = SideEffects::simplify_unused_expr(p, e_.test).unwrap_or_else(|| p.new_expr(E::Missing {}, e_.test.loc)).join_with_comma(e_.yes); return;). The mechanism the candidate describes is real: -… | pre-existing — the…

[claude]

Code review found no issues

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[robobun]

State at 079f108: the diff is green. Build 109410 has 180 of 181 jobs passing. The red job is test/js/web/fetch/fetch-backpressure.test.ts on Windows 11 aarch64 (stalled no consumer drains the full body times out), which fails the same way on every branch built in the last day (109411, 109405, 109399, 109390, 109388, 109373, and more). It is reported for triage on main and does not touch this change.

Since the last status comment: cfd7fd3 applies the (0, …) wrap to the constant-folded conditional template tag, 0adfc04 re-simplifies the kept operand of a boolean test when the minify rules are off (so if (!!a && true) prints as if (a) under bun run, as on main), and 079f108 makes the printer parenthesize an optional chain in tag position ((a?.b())\x`) and routes the constant-test folds through one fold_if_branch` helper. All review threads are resolved.

[robobun]

Rebase note for #42402.

#42402 removes Expr::has_value_for_this_in_call and adds P::has_value_for_this_in_call(&expr). The parser method also returns true for an import item made of ns.f, where ns is a require() / import() local. Such an item prints ns.f when the linker does not bind it, so (0, ns.f)() has to keep its wrapper. The Expr method cannot see the symbol table and misses these items. That was a regression from #41186 in 1.4.1.

This PR adds a fold site in visit_expr.rs and rewrites both ternary arms with the Expr method (result.has_value_for_this_in_call(), branch.has_value_for_this_in_call()). After a rebase onto #42402 those calls do not compile. Replace each with p.has_value_for_this_in_call(&...).

UnboundItemCallWithoutThis and UnboundItemCallWithoutThisMinifySyntax in test/bundler/bundler_dynamic_import_dce.test.ts cover the comma, ternary, &&, ||, ?? and [x][0] folds for such an item.