Typically it would be called dead-code elimination. The creator of rollup who popularized the term tree-shaking disagrees that they are the same, but his argume

Typically it would be called dead-code elimination. The creator of rollup who popularized the term tree-shaking disagrees that they are the same, but his argument is not super compelling (not that it really matters either way). https://medium.com/@Rich_Harris/tree-shaking-versus-dead-code-elimination-d3765df85c80 https://medium.com/@Rich_Harris/tree-shaking-versus-dead-cod...