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You typical Node project (lemmy.ml)
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[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 33 points 3 days ago (3 children)

And this is why tree shaking exists.

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What is that?

[–] NewDark@lemmings.world 42 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you import 1% of your module code, you only compile the actual used code. Tree shaking is removing dead code paths that aren't used.

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Ah ok gotcha

[–] zea_64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Dead code elimination but with a different name for some reason

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because we're monkeys

[–] mathiouchio@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

We ARE all apes

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

It's great when it works, yeah.

[–] sheepishly@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I feel like the end result of tree shaking would be the image here https://fedia.io/m/programmer_humor@programming.dev/t/2547352/CSS-Gardening

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Gotta fix that link

[–] sheepishly@fedia.io 0 points 1 day ago

Works on my machine...