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@babel/parser

7.7.2

Comparision Betweeen 7.7.2 and 7.7.0

Identify the differences between the current version of the package and the previous one.

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398 KB

397.97 KB

Version 7.7.2 Details

@babel/parser version 7.7.2 represents a minor update over its predecessor, version 7.7.0, in the widely used JavaScript parsing library from the Babel project. Both versions share the core functionality of parsing JavaScript code into an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST), a fundamental step in many JavaScript toolchains, including transpilers, linters, and code analysis tools. Developers leveraging @babel/parser rely on its accuracy and adherence to the ECMAScript standard.

Looking at the metadata, key aspects like the description, license (MIT), repository location, author (Sebastian McKenzie) and dependencies (charcodes, unicode-12.0.0, @babel/code-frame, and @babel/helper-fixtures) remain fundamentally unchanged between the two versions, highlighting stability in the core architecture and dependencies.

The notable differences lie in the "dist" section, which describes distribution-related information. Version 7.7.2 has a slightly larger "unpackedSize" (407556 bytes) compared to version 7.7.0 (407523 bytes), suggesting minor code additions, bug fixes, or internal optimizations. Crucially, the "releaseDate" signifies when each version was published to the npm registry. version 7.7.2 was released on November 6, 2019, subsequent to version 7.7.0 which was released on November 5, 2019. This, combined with the increase in size, indicates that version 7.7.2 is likely a bug fix or minor feature release addressing issues discovered shortly after the 7.7.0 release. Developers should always prioritize using the most recent stable patch version ( 7.7.2 in this case) to benefit from bug fixes.

Security Vulnerabilities

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