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This is available in Rollup (and webpack 5? 6?), and the new generation tools like Snowpack / Vite benefit from native imports, no bundling needed to start with

• cromwellian 6y ago
  How do they implement it? Closure has two passes: Cross Module Method Motion, and Cross Module Code Motion. Cross Module Method Motion can move prototype methods, it leaves behind a stub, and a late-load overwrites the stub. Cross Module Code Motion can move top level global scope stuff (e.g. functions) The latter in particular is sensitive to declaration order effects, so movement is tricky and requires global analysis.
  • jiofih 6y ago
    Rollup’s tree shaking should have the same result - the way I understand it, it puts all module exports in the same scope, renaming variables to avoid conflicts, and removing duplicates. Then while “shaking” the dependency tree, a function that is only used by another imported module will end up in one of the dynamically loaded parts, i.e. not the main bundle. Where exactly it was first imported is irrelevant for its location in the output files. For snowpack, it’s just a natural consequence of runtime imports.
• esperent 6y ago
  > This is available in Rollup Could you provide a link where I can read more? I use Rollup a lot but was not aware it could do this
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