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Previously, inline exports of the form `exports.foo = <implementation>;` were
being interpreted (by the ngtsc `PartialInterpeter`) as `Reference` objects.
This is not what is desired since it prevents the value of the export
from being unpacked, such as when analyzing `NgModule` declarations:
```
exports.directives = [Directive1, Directive2];
@NgImport({declarations: [exports.directives]})
class AppModule {}
```
In this example the interpreter would think that `exports.directives`
was a reference rather than an array that needs to be unpacked.
This bug was picked up by the ngcc-validation repository. See
https://github.com/angular/ngcc-validation/pull/1990 and
https://circleci.com/gh/angular/ngcc-validation/17130
PR Close #39267
Angular Compatibility Compiler (ngcc)
This compiler will convert node_modules compiled with ngc, into node_modules which
appear to have been compiled with ngtsc.
This conversion will allow such "legacy" packages to be used by the Ivy rendering engine.
Building
The project is built using Bazel:
yarn bazel build //packages/compiler-cli/ngcc
Unit Testing
The unit tests are built and run using Bazel:
yarn bazel test //packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test
Integration Testing
There are tests that check the behavior of the overall executable:
yarn bazel test //packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test:integration