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babel-polyfill

6.9.0

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Version 6.9.0 Details

Babel-polyfill version 6.9.0 arrived on May 17, 2016, succeeding version 6.8.0, released on May 2, 2016. Both versions are under the MIT license and are available on npm, aimed at providing comprehensive ES2015+ (ES6+) support for older JavaScript environments. A key difference lies in their dependencies. Version 6.9.0 upgraded its core-js dependency to ^2.4.0, representing a significant update to the polyfills library that simulates newer JavaScript features in older environments. This ensures broader and more accurate support for the latest JavaScript standards, a crucial improvement for developers targeting older browsers. Additionally, babel-runtime jumped from ^6.0.0 to ^6.9.0, bringing in updated helpers and runtime support needed for transformed code using Babel.

Notably, both releases retain babel-regenerator-runtime at version ^6.3.13, suggesting the regenerator functionality was stable during this period. For developers, this implies that upgrading to 6.9.0 mostly brings enhancement in core JavaScript polyfills and babel's helper functions rather than changes in async/await transformation process. Upgrading to 6.9.0 is recommended to ensure applications have access to the most up-to-date ES2015+ features and babel support, leading to better compatibility and potentially improved performance in older environments.

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