ts-blank-space is a fast type-stripping compiler
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ts-blank-space is a fast type-stripping compiler
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Re: ts-blank-space is a fast type-stripping compiler
#2You'd already be using source maps in any real-world scenario so I am not sure what's the value proposition here outside of "just for fun, I guess".
The tsc transpilation to lower ES versions is actually really useful when using not-so-recent Node versions. Not to mention this severely restricts TypeScript syntax to "just types" which isn't too bad but it means you now have to worry about yet another thing.
Then there's the ESM & CJS mess. You almost always want to export in both formats which will change a lot of the syntax, so this quickly falls apart for anything serious.
Just use esbuild if you want speed.
Re: ts-blank-space is a fast type-stripping compiler
#3This is such a simple idea that it seems like it shouldn't work. Pretty nifty.
Re: ts-blank-space is a fast type-stripping compiler
#4You'd already be using source maps in any real-world scenario so I am not sure what's the value proposition here outside of "just for fun, I guess". The tsc transpilation to lower ES versions is actually really useful when using not-so-recent Node versions. Not to mention this severely restricts TypeScript syntax to "just types" which isn't too bad but it means you now have to worry about yet another thing. Then ther…
All of your objections are addressed in the article.
Re: ts-blank-space is a fast type-stripping compiler
#5I am shocked to not see a reference to Taylor Swift’s hit song Blank Space anywhere in the article!
Re: ts-blank-space is a fast type-stripping compiler
#6> Today, it appears to be the fastest emitter written in JavaScript
JavaScript is really slow though compared to golang. For that reason I prefer esbuild for type-stripping.
Re: ts-blank-space is a fast type-stripping compiler
#7I am shocked to not see a reference to Taylor Swift’s hit song Blank Space anywhere in the article!
Same thought, surely it can't be a coincidence, maybe they thought it was so on the nose that it would be best to not draw attention to it.
Re: ts-blank-space is a fast type-stripping compiler
#8I am shocked to not see a reference to Taylor Swift’s hit song Blank Space anywhere in the article!
> Skipping this work is what makes this a swift approach.
Hmm...
Re: ts-blank-space is a fast type-stripping compiler
#9I am shocked to not see a reference to Taylor Swift’s hit song Blank Space anywhere in the article!
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Re: ts-blank-space is a fast type-stripping compiler
#10Cool. Reminds me of a similar program to convert python3 code to python2, which similarly converts the typing into spaces to preserve row and column numbers: https://github.com/abarker/strip-hints.