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@babel/core

7.2.0

Comparision Betweeen 7.2.0 and 7.1.6

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Version 7.2.0 Details

@babel/core version 7.2.0 represents a minor update over the preceding stable version, 7.1.6, in the popular Babel compiler core library. Both versions, essential tools for modern JavaScript development, share a common foundation, providing the core functionality for transpiling ECMAScript 2015+ code into backward-compatible JavaScript. A key difference lies in the updated dependencies bundled within version 7.2.0. Several core @babel/* packages see version bumps, including @babel/types, @babel/parser, and @babel/generator, all incrementing from 7.1.6 to 7.2.0. Similarly, @babel/helpers jumps from 7.1.5 to 7.2.0.

These updates likely incorporate bug fixes, performance improvements, and potentially new features within these sub-packages. Developers leveraging @babel/core should consider upgrading to 7.2.0 to benefit from these enhancements which will usually improve transpilation accuracy, efficiency and overall developer experience. One notable constant is the stability of development dependencies, with both versions relying on the same versions of "@babel/register" and "@babel/helper-transform-fixture-test-runner", which signals that the tooling and testing infrastructure around @babel/core remains consistent.

The slightly larger unpacked size of version 7.2.0, at 133198 bytes compared to 7.1.6's 132888 bytes, indicates subtly more code is within the newer version, presumably related to the dependency updates. For developers already using Babel, upgrading is generally recommended to stay current with improvements and ensure compatibility with the latest JavaScript features.

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