Chuck Jazdzewski c685cc2f0a feat(compiler-cli): lower metadata useValue and data literal fields (#18905)
With this commit the compiler will "lower" expressions into exported
variables for values the compiler does not need to know statically
in order to be able to generate a factory. For example:

```
  providers: [{provider: 'token', useValue: calculated()}]
```

produced an error as the expression `calculated()` is not supported
by the compiler because `calculated` is not a
[known function](https://angular.io/guide/metadata#annotationsdecorators)

With this commit this is rewritten, during emit of the .js file, into
something like:

```
export var ɵ0 = calculated();

  ...

  provdiers: [{provider: 'token', useValue: ɵ0}]
```

The compiler then will now generate a reference to the exported `ɵ0`
instead of failing to evaluate `calculated()`.

PR Close #18905
2017-08-30 18:00:38 -07:00
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