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
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
In previous version of tsickle abstract class methods were materialized.
The change resulted in 6Kb savings in angular.io bundle.
This change also required the removal of `@private` and `@return` type
annotation as it is explicitly dissalowed by tsickle.
NOTE: removed casts in front of `makeDecorator` due to:
https://github.com/angular/devkit/issues/45
```
14938 Jul 19 13:16 0.b19e913fbdd6507d346b.chunk.js
1535 Jul 19 13:16 inline.d8e019ea3cfdd86c2bd0.bundle.js
589178 Jul 19 13:16 main.54c97bcb6f254776b678.bundle.js
34333 Jul 19 13:16 polyfills.4a3c9ca9481d53803157.bundle.js
14938 Jul 18 16:55 0.b19e913fbdd6507d346b.chunk.js
1535 Jul 18 16:55 inline.0c83abb44fad9a2768a7.bundle.js
582786 Jul 18 16:55 main.ea290db71b051813e156.bundle.js
34333 Jul 18 16:55 polyfills.4a3c9ca9481d53803157.bundle.js
main savings: 589178 - 582786 = 6,392
```
PR Close#18236
Chuck Jazdzewski
Jason Aden
Pawel Kozlowski
Olivier Combe
Alan Agius
Tobias Bosch
Victor Berchet
Alex Eagle
Miško Hevery