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Guard identifier on compiled JS
Currently we can use any reserved word/token (such as var
, if
, etc) as identifier in naskah which won't be valid JS. The simplest thing we can do is add underscore before printing the identifier if it's a reserved word in JS
So that:
misal x = 3;
misal var = 2;
jika while benar {
}
should be compiled to
var x = 3;
var _var = 2;
if (_while == true) {
}
I think the solution depends on the goal itself. If the transpiler goal is to create an optimized javascript code, it is better to create a shorter identifier to reduce the parsing time (?). For another case, why don't make all of the javascript keyword a reserved keyword? Adding something to the identifier is more counter-intuitive for me and it will be a special case that people might have to remember if they wants to interact with the generated code.