Large strings constants are now wrapped in a function which is called whenever used. This works around a unique
limitation of Closure, where it will **always** inline string literals at **every** usage, regardless of how large the
string literal is or how many times it is used.The workaround is to use a function rather than a string literal.
Closure has differently inlining semantics for functions, where it will check the length of the function and the number
of times it is used before choosing to inline it. By using a function, `ngtsc` makes Closure more conservative about
inlining large strings, and avoids blowing up the bundle size.This optimization is only used if the constant is a large
string. A wrapping function is not included for other use cases, since it would just increase the bundle size and add
unnecessary runtime performance overhead.
PR Close#38253
Prior to this commit, duplicated styles defined in multiple components in the same file were not
shared between components, thus causing extra payload size. This commit updates compiler logic to
use `ConstantPool` for the styles (while generating the `styles` array on component def), which
enables styles sharing when needed (when duplicates styles are present).
Resolves#38204.
PR Close#38213
Prior to this commit, the `ConstantPool` ignored all primitive values. It turned out that it's
beneficial to include strings above certain length to the pool as well. This commit updates the
`ConstantPool` logic to allow such strings to be shared across multiple instances if needed.
For instance, this is helpful for component styles that might be reused across multiple components
in the same file.
PR Close#38213
In #33705 we made it so that we generate pure functions for object/array literals in order to avoid having them be shared across elements/views. The problem this introduced is that further down the line the `ContantPool` uses the generated literal in order to figure out whether to share an existing factory or to create a new one. `ConstantPool` determines whether to share a factory by creating a key from the AST node and using it to look it up in the factory cache, however the key generation function didn't handle function invocations and replaced them with `null`. This means that the key for `{foo: pureFunction0(...)}` and `{foo: null}` are the same.
These changes rework the logic so that instead of generating a `null` key
for function invocations, we generate a variable called `<unknown>` which
shouldn't be able to collide with anything.
Fixes#35298.
PR Close#35481
Injector defs are not considered public API, so the property
that contains them should be prefixed with Angular's marker
for "private" ('ɵ') to discourage apps from relying on def
APIs directly.
This commit adds the prefix and shortens the name from
ngInjectorDef to inj. This is because property names
cannot be minified by Uglify without turning on property
mangling (which most apps have turned off) and are thus
size-sensitive.
PR Close#33151
Pipe defs are not considered public API, so the property
that contains them should be prefixed with Angular's marker
for "private" ('ɵ') to discourage apps from relying on def
APIs directly.
This commit adds the prefix and shortens the name from
ngPipeDef to pipe. This is because property names
cannot be minified by Uglify without turning on property
mangling (which most apps have turned off) and are thus
size-sensitive.
PR Close#33142
Directive defs are not considered public API, so the property
that contains them should be prefixed with Angular's marker
for "private" ('ɵ') to discourage apps from relying on def
APIs directly.
This commit adds the prefix and shortens the name from
ngDirectiveDef to dir. This is because property names
cannot be minified by Uglify without turning on property
mangling (which most apps have turned off) and are thus
size-sensitive.
Note that the other "defs" (ngFactoryDef, etc) will be
prefixed and shortened in follow-up PRs, in an attempt to
limit how large and conflict-y this change is.
PR Close#33110
Component defs are not considered public API, so the property
that contains them should be prefixed with Angular's marker
for "private" ('ɵ') to discourage apps from relying on def
APIs directly.
This commit adds the prefix and shortens the name from
`ngComponentDef` to `cmp`. This is because property names
cannot be minified by Uglify without turning on property
mangling (which most apps have turned off) and are thus
size-sensitive.
Note that the other "defs" (ngDirectiveDef, etc) will be
prefixed and shortened in follow-up PRs, in an attempt to
limit how large and conflict-y this change is.
PR Close#33088
This commit changes the Angular compiler (ivy-only) to generate `$localize`
tagged strings for component templates that use `i18n` attributes.
BREAKING CHANGE
Since `$localize` is a global function, it must be included in any applications
that use i18n. This is achieved by importing the `@angular/localize` package
into an appropriate bundle, where it will be executed before the renderer
needs to call `$localize`. For CLI based projects, this is best done in
the `polyfills.ts` file.
```ts
import '@angular/localize';
```
For non-CLI applications this could be added as a script to the index.html
file or another suitable script file.
PR Close#31609
As part of FW-1265, the `@angular/compiler` package is made compatible
with the TypeScript `--strict` flag. This already unveiled a few bugs,
so the strictness flag seems to help with increasing the overall code health.
Read more about the strict flag [here](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/compiler-options.html)
PR Close#30993
Closure compiler requires that the i18n message constants of the form
const MSG_XYZ = goog.getMessage('...');
have names that are unique across an entire compilation, even if the
variables themselves are local to a given module. This means that in
practice these names must be unique in a codebase.
The best way to guarantee this requirement is met is to encode the
relative file name of the file into which the constant is being written
into the constant name itself. This commit implements that solution.
PR Close#25689
Previously ngtsc would use a tuple of class types for listing metadata
in .d.ts files. For example, an @NgModule's declarations might be
represented with the type:
[NgIf, NgForOf, NgClass]
If the module had no declarations, an empty tuple [] would be produced.
This has two problems.
1. If the class type has generic type parameters, TypeScript will
complain that they're not provided.
2. The empty tuple type is not actually legal.
This commit addresses both problems.
1. Class types are now represented using the `typeof` operator, so the
above declarations would be represented as:
[typeof NgIf, typeof NgForOf, typeof NgClass].
Since typeof operates on a value, it doesn't require generic type
arguments.
2. Instead of an empty tuple, `never` is used to indicate no metadata.
PR Close#24862
All errors for existing fields have been detected and suppressed with a
`!` assertion.
Issue/24571 is tracking proper clean up of those instances.
One-line change required in ivy/compilation.ts, because it appears that
the new syntax causes tsickle emitted node to no longer track their
original sourceFiles.
PR Close#24572
This commit adds a new compiler pipeline that isn't dependent on global
analysis, referred to as 'ngtsc'. This new compiler is accessed by
running ngc with "enableIvy" set to "ngtsc". It reuses the same initialization
logic but creates a new implementation of Program which does not perform the
global-level analysis that AngularCompilerProgram does. It will be the
foundation for the production Ivy compiler.
PR Close#23455
The "enableIvy" compiler option is the initial implementation
of the Render3 (or Ivy) code generation. This commit enables
generation generating "Hello, World" (example in the test)
but not much else. It is currenly only useful for internal Ivy
testing as Ivy is in development.
PR Close#21427
