js_parser: resolve a literal or macro-result const in a macro argument at any position, in every build mode

[robobun]

Fixes #16969, fixes #6865

Problem

• A macro call rejects a const argument below a statement, and plain bun build rejects every const: error: "Cannot convert identifier to JS. Try a statically-known value" error in macro. The docs example fails with "Cannot convert argument type to JS" error in macro.
• visit_decl (src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs:737) records a const only in the leading declaration run, and handle_identifier reads it only under inlining. No fold joins the UTF-16 string that a macro returns.

Fix

• Macro arguments are visited with their own table, MacroState::consts: each const above the call whose visited initializer is a primitive or a string. visit_macro_arguments swaps it with const_values for that visit.
• There, an ASCII macro string joins in a template or +. feature() now reads all of a joined flag name.
• Verified: test/bundler/transpiler/macro-test.test.ts (the base fails 21 tests), bundler_feature_flag.test.ts (3). Self-reviewed twice: 20 concerns raised and addressed, 3 parts rejected (Notes).

Background

• const_values, the inliner's table, holds a const only from the leading declaration run: a later one can be read before its initializer runs. Ordinary code keeps that rule.
• Considered: put each const into const_values (parser: fold const values into macro arguments regardless of statement position #34089). That inlines it in ordinary code.

Downsides

• Without a macro import the parser executes +8,613 instructions for react-dom.development.js (+0.010%), none in handle_identifier. Cache version 35 makes each cached file transpile one more time.
• New error under bun run: let { a = 5 } = m(); id(a) when the macro gives a: undefined. Main passed undefined.
• Still rejected: a const that reads a const below a statement (const B = A), a non-ASCII piece in a join (Store non-ASCII define, env, macro and inlined path strings as UTF-16 so they fold like literals #42019), and a const below the call.

Notes

Shapes. id returns its argument, getFoo returns "foo", getObj returns { a: 1, b: "two" }, getUndefined returns { a: undefined }, all imported with { type: "macro" }. Columns: bun run / bun build / bun build --minify-syntax. ID is the identifier error, ARG the argument type error.

Shape	main	This PR
const N = 5; id(N)	OK / ID / OK	OK / OK / OK
console.log("x"); const N = 5; id(N) (#16969)	ID / ID / ID	OK / OK / OK
const foo = getFoo(); id({ k: foo }) (#6865)	OK / ID / OK	OK / OK / OK
const foo = getFoo(); id(`https://example.com/${foo}`) (docs)	ARG / ARG / ARG	OK / OK / OK
id("a/" + getFoo()), id(`x${getFoo()}y`)	ARG / ARG / ARG	OK / OK / OK
console.log("x"); const N = 5; id(N + 1), id({ a: N, b: [N] })	ARG or ID in all	OK / OK / OK
const { a } = getObj(); id(a)	OK / ID / OK	OK / OK / OK
const { a = 5 } = getUndefined(); id(a)	undefined / ID / undefined	5 / 5 / 5
const A = 5; const B = A; id(B), const T = 30 * 1000; id(T)	OK / ID / OK	unchanged
console.log("x"); const A = 5; const B = A; id(B)	ID / ID / ID	unchanged
const foo = getFoo(); const url = `https://example.com/${foo}`; id(url)	ID / ID / ID	unchanged
const o = getObj(); id(o)	OK / ID / OK	unchanged
id(`©${""}`), const s = "αβγ"; id(`p/${s}`)	ARG / ARG / ARG	unchanged (#42019)
const g = () => id(N); const N = 5; g()	ID / ID / ID	unchanged
let N = 5; id(N), var N = 5; id(N)	ID / ID / ID	unchanged

Bun.build and Bun.Transpiler (default, inline, minify.syntax) accept the same shapes. Stock Bun.Transpiler throws Parse error for the second row.

What a macro argument sees. MacroState::consts is filled only in a file that imports a macro. It holds each const whose visited initializer is a primitive or a string. Under inlining it also holds what const_values holds, so the shapes that main accepts there keep their result: let x = getFoo(); id(x), an object that a macro returned, a destructured binding. A string that a macro returns directly is UTF-16 (Run::coerce; a Response, a Blob, JSON and object keys are 8-bit already). While the arguments are visited, an ASCII one gets an 8-bit copy at the two fold sites, so a template or a + joins it. Outside the arguments this changes nothing: require("./c/" + getFoo() + ".js") stays as written, and a test pins that.

What code outside the arguments sees. The same tables as on main. A test pins try { read() } catch {} const N = 5; function read() { return N } in a file that imports a macro: bun run still reports the ReferenceError. The assign-to-const message and dynamic import()/require() specifiers are pinned too. A const that a macro argument and ordinary code both read is pinned in one file and across two files. The macro runtime does not run a macro that a macro module imports: it keeps the call, and the table is not used for it. A test pins () => answer(N) in such a module.

Rulings for a maintainer.

• A macro call is replaced at build time, so it does not read the binding at run time. A hoisted function that stands below the const and is called above it builds with the value, where plain JS throws a TDZ ReferenceError. A test pins that. A case that reads a const of another case builds with the value too, and no test pins it: in ordinary code that read is Bun inlines constants across switch cases, preventing an error that would happen in node #18477, and the review of js_parser: fix four folds that change valid programs (switch const, [x][0](), new.target, assignment targets) #30936 asks whether a switch is special there. A maintainer decides whether a macro argument may take a value where plain JS throws.
• An object or an array that a macro returned is accepted by name only where main accepts it (under inlining). In plain bun build it stays the identifier error, because the program can change the object after the macro returned it (const o = getObj(); o.a = 2; id(o)). id(getObj()) works in every mode.
• A macro call under a with object keeps the path of main: the object can shadow the const, and the call knows that it stands inside the with. This scope walk is a stopgap. Open js_parser: let a with object shadow a const #42524 puts the same rule into handle_identifier, which macro arguments read through.
• A direct eval is not modeled, as in the inliner on main. A file that imports a macro is a module, so a var that the eval declares stays inside the eval. A test pins function f() { eval("var N = 7"); return id(N) } as 5. The exception is code that runs as sloppy CommonJS: --format=cjs output, and a file that bun run loads as CommonJS because it also assigns module.exports. There return [id(N), N] gives [5,7]. Node gives [7,7] for a plain function id, and main gives [5,5] when the inliner takes N.
• Open js_parser: keep const references and top-level names in scopes with a direct eval #40801 makes handle_identifier skip the substitution in a scope that contains a direct eval. Macro arguments read through that line. With both PRs the eval test of this PR fails, because for a macro argument a skipped substitution is a build error. A maintainer has to pick one rule for the two PRs.
• A const binding that takes its default holds the default, when the default is a primitive or a string. On main const { a = 7 } = m(); console.log(a, id(a)) prints undefined undefined under bun run when the macro gives a: undefined. It prints 7 7 now, in every mode.
• These stay unrecorded, so a macro call that names the binding is the identifier error where main passed undefined under inlining: a let or var binding that takes its default (the program can assign to it), a default that is an object or is not a literal after the visit, and a property that the macro result does not have (the program reads it from the prototype: const { toString = 5 } = {}). Open js_parser: tighten when a macro result may enter const_values #35548 has the narrower rule, never recorded.
• let and var bindings that hold a macro result behave as on main: accepted under inlining, the identifier error in plain bun build. No test of this PR pins the acceptance, because open js_parser: tighten when a macro result may enter const_values #35548 removes it for Bug with --minify-syntax and macro #12067.

Open pulls that touch the same code. Macro arguments read through handle_identifier and the shared string folds. So four pieces of this PR are stopgaps for rules that other open pulls own.

• Make EString::string() join folded ropes, fixing require.resolve() and other readers of the first segment #38944 makes every reader of a joined string read all of it. The feature() lines, the FoldedFlagName test and cache version 35 are the same as there. They are the only effect of this PR on a file without a macro import: feature("A" + "B") under bun run or --minify-syntax read only "A".
• Store non-ASCII define, env, macro and inlined path strings as UTF-16 so they fold like literals #42019 joins UTF-16 strings in the folds. After it, macro_string_for_join is not needed and the non-ASCII todo passes. It also joins require("./c/" + getFoo() + ".js"), which a test of this PR pins as not joined.
• js_parser: let a with object shadow a const #42524 owns the with rule and js_parser: keep const references and top-level names in scopes with a direct eval #40801 the direct eval rule (see Rulings).
• js_parser: tighten when a macro result may enter const_values #35548 narrows what const_values takes from a macro result: no let or var, no object. The table of this PR has its own admission rule.
• macros: run every macro on one dedicated VM thread #40059 rewrites the macro host. It edits the macro block of e_call and the two error sentences that the tests of this PR match. This PR does not edit Macro.rs.
• A simpler order is Make EString::string() join folded ropes, fixing require.resolve() and other readers of the first segment #38944, Store non-ASCII define, env, macro and inlined path strings as UTF-16 so they fold like literals #42019, then this PR without those pieces.

Self-review. The first review raised 11 concerns, all addressed. One part was rejected: a const in a for initializer (for (const i = 0; ; ) id(i)) is not recorded, because that adds a test to each for statement for a shape that is almost never written. A test pins the error. The second review, at ce139fb4f14, raised 9 concerns. Addressed: the narrower title and limits, the macro runtime, the tests that pinned the switch read and the let and var substitution, tests for each clause of the fix, the docs lines, and this body. The tracking issue for the limits is being filed. Rejected: a second predicate that stops the macro runtime from filling the table, because nothing can observe it, and a shared dispatch predicate in e_call, because it adds a test to the path of each call.

Limits that stay. The initializer of a const is ordinary code, and the table takes it only when the visit leaves a literal there. So const B = A; id(B), const T = 30 * 1000; id(T) and const url = base + "/api"; id(url) work only under bun run and --minify-syntax, and only when the consts that they read stand in the leading declaration run. Below a statement they are the identifier error in every mode, and so is a const that holds a template with a macro result. Tests pin these errors. To evaluate the initializer against the table of macro arguments is a follow-up. A const below the call stays an error: the review of #27167 rejected an extra pass over the statements, and #27160, which narrowed the inliner, was closed at once. Also not covered: an awaited macro result, an object or array literal const, a const imported from another module (#21261 for a text import), tagged-template macro calls. These limits get a tracking issue, because this PR closes #16969 and #6865.

Measurements. Base is a release build of main at bbdc5a519e0. PR is a release build of ce139fb4f14, which has that commit of main merged in. Same toolchain, LTO on. The one source change after ce139fb4f14 is one more early return in visit_macro_arguments, which these runs do not execute. perf and valgrind are not available in the container (perf_event_open returns EPERM). Executed instructions are counted with qemu-user 10.0.13 (-one-insn-per-tb -d exec,nochain, one trace line for each guest instruction, JIT off) and attributed to functions by symbol address. Two runs of one binary give the same count for every function of bun. Only code outside bun's symbols (loader, libc) varies, by about 27,000 instructions. Between the two binaries, four functions of the allocator's OS path differ by 234 instructions in some runs. The table gives the parser functions that differ.

bun build --no-bundle, executed instructions	react-dom.development.js (1.0 MB)	http2.ts (270 KB)	typescript.js (8.9 MB)
whole run, base	84,180,077	25,870,645	956,590,131
visit_expr_in_out	+5,496	+3,595	+104,711
visit_decl	+2,660	+2,355	+94,710
s_local	+449	-833	-105,837
e_template	0	+25	+653
init	+8	+8	+8
handle_identifier	0	0	0
parser, all	+8,613 (+0.010%)	+5,150 (+0.020%)	+94,245 (+0.010%)
with --target=bun (folding on)	+10,163	+5,306	+98,642

• The source adds no test to an ordinary call beyond is_macro_ref, and none to a let or var declarator. A const declarator pays one test. Under folding each + and each template pays one test (macro_.in_args). The rest of the visit_expr_in_out delta is a different register allocation around e_call.
• handle_identifier: 340 and 549 instructions in both binaries (two instantiations, objdump). The two listings are equal once the constants are removed: only field offsets differ.
• visit_macro_arguments, record_const_value_for_macros: 0 instructions executed for the three files.
• visit_expr_in_out: stack frames 0x248 B and 0x258 B in both binaries, size +68 B and +83 B.
• Parser struct P: +96 B for each parse (4,248 to 4,344, rustc -Zprint-type-sizes).
• Binary text: +9,216 B (size).
• 1,000 macro calls with a literal argument: 6,061 allocator calls for the whole run (base 6,060, gdb hit counts on the 12 entry points of mimalloc). The one more is the table. visit_macro_arguments entered 1,000 times, 0 allocations for each.
• Output identity without a macro: Bun.Transpiler#transformSync over the 219 files of src/js with default options, inline: true and minify: { syntax: true }: 657 of 657 outputs equal. The one known difference is feature() with a joined name, which no file of src/js has.
• Output identity with a macro: 307 probe files that import a macro, three modes each. Base succeeds in 395 cells. 366 are equal on the PR. Of the 29 that differ, 28 are bindings that take their default: 24 give the default where main gave undefined, and 4 are the new error for a let binding or a default that is not a literal. The last one is a script that prints the result of Bun.Transpiler for the second row of the table.

Other suites run. On a4500327fd1, which has main 71d0d43997 merged in: test/bundler/esbuild/dce.test.ts, esbuild/ts.test.ts, transpiler/transpiler.test.js, runtime-transpiler.test.ts, template-literal.test.ts, bundler_minify, bundler_string, bundler_barrel, bundler_allow_unresolved, test/cli/run/transpiler-cache.test.ts, test/regression/issue/03830.test.ts. bun check reports no type error in the two test files of this PR.

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[human-review] gate passed · iteration 6 · 8 files touched

fails on main (without fix)

ASAN without fix: 24 failed, 2 skipped
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/bundler/bundler_feature_flag.test.ts test/bundler/transpiler/macro-test.test.ts
bun test v1.4.4 (367d939d9)

test/bundler/bundler_feature_flag.test.ts:
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/FeatureReturnsTrue [1347.49ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/FeatureReturnsFalse [542.61ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/MultipleFlags [536.14ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/DeadCodeElimination [430.78ms]
103 | `,
104 |         },
105 |         features: ["ENABLED_FEATURE"],
106 |         minifySyntax: true,
107 |         onAfterBundle(api) {
108 |           api.expectFile("out.js").toInclude("this should be kept");
                                         ^
error: expect(received).toInclude(expected)

Expected to include: "this should be kept"
Received: "// a.js\nconsole.log(\"this should be removed\");\n"

      at onAfterBundle (/workspace/bun/test/bundler/bundler_feature_flag.test.ts:108:36)
      at <anonymous> (/wo
... (truncated)

release without fix: 2 skipped
bun test v1.4.4-canary.1 (b1ca02a40)

test/bundler/bundler_feature_flag.test.ts:
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/FeatureReturnsTrue [90.77ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/FeatureReturnsFalse [22.75ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/MultipleFlags [18.47ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/DeadCodeElimination [20.27ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/FoldedFlagName [23.80ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/ImportRemoved [28.09ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/IfBlockRemoved [23.46ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/KeepsElseBranch [14.67ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/RemovesElseBranch [17.43ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/AliasedImport [19.67ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/TernaryDisabled [19.84ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/TernaryEnabled [20.35ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > 
... (truncated)

passes on PR (with fix)

ASAN with fix: 2 skipped
$ BUN_DEBUG_QUIET_LOGS=1 bun scripts/build.ts --profile=debug --quiet test "--reporter=junit" "--reporter-outfile=/tmp/pr_gate.xml" test/bundler/bundler_feature_flag.test.ts test/bundler/transpiler/macro-test.test.ts
bun test v1.4.4 (367d939d9)

test/bundler/bundler_feature_flag.test.ts:
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/FeatureReturnsTrue [1252.75ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/FeatureReturnsFalse [646.85ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/MultipleFlags [537.05ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/DeadCodeElimination [599.05ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/FoldedFlagName [585.53ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/ImportRemoved [650.67ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/IfBlockRemoved [585.09ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/KeepsElseBranch [568.52ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/RemovesElseBranch [710.84ms]
(pass) bundler feature flags > backend: cli > feature_flag/cli/AliasedImport 
... (truncated)

release with fix: 2 skipped
$ bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release
[configured] bun-profile → bun (stripped) in 2445ms (unchanged)
ninja: Entering directory `/workspace/bun/build/release'
[1/32] gen generated_host_exports.rs
generated_host_exports.rs: 120 exports (host=5, lazy=10, generic=105, rust=0); 248 extern-C blocks audited
[2/31] rustc bun_sema 
[3/31] rustc bun_ini 
[4/31] rustc bun_js_parser 
[5/31] rustc bun_resolver 
[6/31] rustc bun_router 
[7/31] rustc bun_sema_driver 
[8/31] rustc bun_sema_baselines 
[9/31] rustc bun_bundler 
[10/31] rustc bun_transpiler 
[11/31] rustc bun_standalone_graph 
[12/31] rustc bun_bunfig 
[13/31] rustc bun_install 
[14/31] rustc bun_jsc 
[15/31] rustc bun_ast_jsc 
[16/31] rustc bun_semver_jsc 
[17/31] rustc bun_sys_jsc 
[18/31] rustc bun_patch_jsc 
[19/31] rustc bun_bundler_jsc 
[20/31] rustc bun_css_jsc 
[21/31] rustc bun_js_parser_jsc 
[22/31] rustc bun_sourcemap_jsc 
[23/31] rustc bun_install_jsc 
[24/31] rustc bun_http_jsc 
[25/31] rustc bun_sql_jsc 
[26/31] rustc bun_runtime 
[27/31] link bun-profile
ld.lld: warning: Linking two modules of different target triples: 'obj/src/simdutf_sys/bun-simdutf.cpp.o' is 'x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' whereas 'rust-
... (truncated)

diff hotspot

docs/bundler/macros.mdx                    |   4 +-
 src/js_parser/parser.rs                    |  33 +-
 src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs                 | 172 ++++++++--
 src/js_parser/visit/visit_binary.rs        |   4 +
 src/js_parser/visit/visit_expr.rs          |  78 +++--
 src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs          |   3 +-
 test/bundler/bundler_feature_flag.test.ts  |  53 ++++
 test/bundler/transpiler/macro-test.test.ts | 482 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 8 files changed, 777 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)

gate history · 1 passed · 1 rejected · iteration 6

evidence per changed file

file                                        reads  edits  tests
docs/bundler/macros.mdx                         0      0    133
src/js_parser/parser.rs                         2      1    133
src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs                     11     10    134
src/js_parser/visit/visit_binary.rs             1      0    133
src/js_parser/visit/visit_expr.rs              10      5    133
src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs               1      1    134
test/bundler/bundler_feature_flag.test.ts       0      0     39
test/bundler/transpiler/macro-test.test.ts      2      8    118

[robobun]

Status: ready for review. The diff is green. CI is red on a test that this diff does not touch.

CI on the current head (e08dfa87290), build #124333: 180 of 181 jobs passed.

• The job debian 13 x64-asan - test-bun failed on test/js/bun/io/bun-write.test.js, in the case Bun.write(Bun.stdout, new Response(asyncIterable)) closes the iterable when the reader of the pipe leaves: 64 KiB lines. The child process reports AddressSanitizer: heap-use-after-free, in the parallel batch and again in the retry. That case and its code are from Response(asyncIterable): close the iterator with return(), never throw into it #44862, and the CI summary marks the failure as one that main also has.
• This PR changes the JS parser, the transpiler cache version and two test files (macro-test.test.ts, bundler_feature_flag.test.ts). The same source passed that job in builds #124299 and #124305: the two commits since then change only macro-test.test.ts.
• The other failures listed for the build passed on a retry. No test that this PR adds or changes failed on a lane.

How it was reproduced (bun 1.4.3-canary.1+367d939d9, and a release build of main 13a98b0dbd):

// macro.ts
export function add2(n: number) { return n + 2; }

// main.ts
import { add2 } from "./macro" with { type: "macro" };
console.log("a statement");
const data = 40;
console.log(add2(data));

bun run main.ts stops with error: "Cannot convert identifier to JS. Try a statically-known value" error in macro. The second example of the Arguments section of docs/bundler/macros.mdx stops with "Cannot convert argument type to JS" error in macro. The program of #6865 stops with the first error under bun build and Bun.build. With this branch all three print their value under bun run, bun build and bun build --minify-syntax.

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^{Updated 10:37 AM PT - Oct 10th, 2026}

❌ @robobun, your commit e08dfa8 has 1 failures in Build #124333 (All Failures):

• test/js/bun/io/bun-write.test.js - pid 22652 error: addresssanitizer on 🐧 13 x64-asan

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Walkthrough

The parser now records eligible statically known values for macro arguments and folds supported template-literal and + joins. Tests cover accepted values, rejected cases, feature-flag matching, and build paths. Documentation describes supported arguments and the non-ASCII join limitation.

Changes

Macro Constant Arguments

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Record macro-eligible values src/js_parser/parser.rs, src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs	The parser tracks const status and records eligible declaration and destructured macro results for macro argument evaluation.
Visit and fold macro arguments src/js_parser/visit/visit_expr.rs, src/js_parser/visit/visit_binary.rs, src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs	Macro-call arguments use the macro const table when safe. Template and + joins convert eligible values, and feature-flag strings resolve ropes before lookup. The runtime transpiler cache version changes from 34 to 35.
Validate and document supported arguments test/bundler/transpiler/macro-test.test.ts, test/bundler/bundler_feature_flag.test.ts, docs/bundler/macros.mdx	Tests cover supported values, joins, build paths, feature-flag matching, inlining behavior, and rejection cases. The documentation describes eligible const declarations and non-ASCII join limits.

Suggested reviewers: jarred-sumner

Priority: ➖ Normal

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 821c0

Macro arguments using a default for a missing destructured member remain unsupported. This is a bounded gap that can be accepted or addressed before merging.

Pre-merge checks | 4

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check		[#16969] visit_decl records eligible const values in MacroState::consts, including declarations after an earlier statement. visit_macro_arguments uses this table for macro calls. [#6865] Macro…
Out of Scope Changes check		The separate macro-argument table, ASCII string joining, and feature() rope resolution support static macro arguments. The cache version update records the changed feature-name folding behavior. Doc…
Title check		The title clearly summarizes the main change: resolving eligible const values in macro arguments across statement positions and build modes.
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Review comments at @src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs:
- Around line 706-707: Update macro argument resolution in the switch-case
visitation flow so const values recorded by record_const_value_for_macros cannot
satisfy macro calls in a different case. Keep values available within their own
case while preventing earlier cases’ entries in macro_.consts from leaking
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

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Review comments at @src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs:
- Line 793: Update the destructuring default handling around
`property.default_value` so eligible defaults are applied when an object
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`undefined`. Ensure a missing trailing array item follows the same default path.

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- Line 1892: Update the scope analysis around contains_direct_eval and
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I re-reviewed the latest pushes (14ae224, ce139fb) and found no new bugs; the points raised earlier are addressed in code (EXPECTED_VERSION is now 35 in src/jsc/RuntimeTranspilerCache.rs, the direct-eval bail is gone from visit_macro_arguments, a known default is recorded in record_macro_result, and the test at macro-test.test.ts:807 now asserts typeof random and object.a). Because this changes parser semantics for every file that imports a macro, a human look is still worthwhile.

What was reviewed: the const_values/macro_.consts swap in visit_macro_arguments — the restore runs unconditionally after the arg loop with no early return between (the two bails happen before any state is touched), and nested macro calls are refused by in_args. The moved forced-fold block in e_call still precedes the argument visit and restores through the same saved-state block, so require/require.resolve and dropped calls keep base behavior. The non-macro path of visit_decl keeps the is_after_const_local_prefix gate inline, so files without a macro import are unchanged. macro_string_for_join only converts a UTF-16 string that first_non_ascii16 proves all-ASCII, so the Latin-1/UTF-8 distinction does not arise.

Extended reasoning...

The diff touches the JS parser's const-inlining tables (src/js_parser/parser.rs, src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs, visit_binary.rs, visit_expr.rs), the runtime transpiler cache version, docs, and two test files; it introduces a second const table that is swapped into place while macro arguments are visited and relaxes which const declarations a macro call may read. It touches no auth, crypto, or injection surface. The three findings posted on the previous version are addressed by the two newest commits and the cache version bump covers the feature() reader change. The change is deferred rather than approved because it alters parser semantics (a hoisted function or later case now builds with a value where plain JS would throw a TDZ error) and the state-swapping design is non-trivial, which a maintainer should weigh.

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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

[claude]

This push closes the last point I had open (the bun run sibling test for the folded feature() flag name); this automated review ran again on the current head and found no bugs, but a maintainer look is still worthwhile because the change reworks how the parser records const values around macro calls and bumps the runtime transpiler cache version.

What was reviewed this run:

• The new reads a folded flag name whole at runtime with bun run test: both the ENABLED_FEATURE and ENABLED_ runs fail on the base branch (the base compared only the rope head), pipes are drained with Promise.all, and resources use await using/tempDir.
• Re-read visit_macro_arguments, put_const, and record_macro_result for save/restore balance of const_values, in_args, and features.inlining — each is restored on the one exit path after the args loop.
• Checked maybe_replace_bundler_feature_call: resolve_rope_if_needed runs before the UTF-16 check and the flag lookup, so the whole joined name is compared.

Extended reasoning...

The diff touches the JS parser's const-value tracking (src/js_parser/parser.rs, src/js_parser/visit/mod.rs, visit_binary.rs, visit_expr.rs), adding a second const table that is swapped into place while macro call arguments are visited, with forced inlining inside those arguments and an ASCII copy of UTF-16 macro string results so they fold in + and templates. It also changes the feature() reader to flatten a rope before comparison and bumps RuntimeTranspilerCache EXPECTED_VERSION to 35, plus docs and about 500 lines of tests. No security-sensitive surface is involved. The only change since my previous review is a test commit that addresses the nit I raised; the hunt ran dry with no findings. I did not approve because the change is a non-trivial parser semantics rework (+761/-52) in a hot, widely shared code path where a maintainer should weigh the new rulings (hoisted-function and case reads of a later const, defaulted destructured macro results) rather than an automated reviewer alone.

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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.

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Code review found no issues

No high-confidence issues detected in this change.