The @babel/plugin-transform-runtime package is a crucial tool for Babel users, designed to externalize references to Babel's helpers and built-ins. This approach automatically polyfills your code, ensuring compatibility across different JavaScript environments without polluting the global scope - a major benefit for maintaining code integrity and avoiding conflicts.
Comparing versions 7.14.2 and 7.13.15 reveals key updates primarily within the development dependencies. Version 7.14.2 upgrades @babel/core to 7.14.2, @babel/types to 7.14.2, @babel/helpers to 7.14.0, @babel/runtime to 7.14.0 , @babel/preset-env to 7.14.2, and @babel/runtime-corejs3 to 7.14.0. These updates likely incorporate bug fixes, performance improvements, and new features within Babel's core functionalities and preset configurations. If you're using these specific Babel packages directly in your build process, aligning with the newer versions within @babel/plugin-transform-runtime can ensure optimal compatibility and access to the latest enhancements. Otherwise, the core functionality of polyfilling remains unchanged from 7.13.15 to 7.14.2. Finally, it's worth noticing the small changes in unpacked size, meaning that some small fixes or improvements could have been introduced inside the plugin.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 7.14.2 of the package @babel/plugin-transform-runtime