Struct swc_ecma_ast::Ident[][src]

pub struct Ident {
    pub span: Span,
    pub sym: JsWord,
    pub optional: bool,
}
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A complete identifier with span.

Identifier of swc consists of two parts. The first one is symbol, which is stored using an interned string, JsWord . The second one is SyntaxContext, which can be used to distinguish identifier with same symbol.

Let me explain this with an example.

let a = 5
{
    let a = 3;
}

In the code above, there are two variables with the symbol a.

Other compilers typically uses type like Scope, and store them nested, but in rust, type like Scope requires [Arc<Mutex>] so swc uses different approach. Instead of passing scopes, swc annotates two variables with different tag, which is named SyntaxContext. The notation for the syntax context is #n where n is a number. e.g. foo#1

For the example above, after applying resolver pass, it becomes.

let a#1 = 5
{
    let a#2 = 3;
}

Thanks to the tag we attached, we can now distinguish them.

(JsWord, SyntaxContext)

See Id, which is a type alias for this.

This can be used to store all variables in a module to single hash map.

Comparison

While comparing two identifiers, you can use .to_id().

HashMap

There’s a type named Id which only contains minimal information to distinguish identifiers.

Fields

span: Spansym: JsWordoptional: bool

TypeScript only. Used in case of an optional parameter.

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