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Summary

This fixes two bugs that #22949 brought into the one-pass minifier (modules.onePass, off by default). CodeRabbit reported both on #22956.

  • !!!x read for its truth printed nothing. The inner !! fold already dropped two !, and the outer fold dropped one more, which left an empty if().
  • A write to a parameter was dropped as unread even when the function reads its own arguments. In sloppy code, arguments sees that write.
// input
function f(a) { a = 1; return arguments[0] } if (!!!x) g();
// before
function f(n){return arguments[0]}if()g();  // f(5) returns 5, and the program no longer parses
// after
function f(n){n=1;return arguments[0]}if(!x)g();

side-effects.js still treats comparisons such as < and == as pure, like terser's has_side_effects and the default path. Gzip on the six fixtures is unchanged.

What kind of change does this PR introduce?

fix

Did you add tests for your changes?

Yes: two rows in the one-pass case table in test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js.

Does this PR introduce a breaking change?

No.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed one-pass JavaScript minification of nested negations, preserving equivalent truth-test behavior.
    • Preserved parameter assignments when needed to maintain values observed through arguments.

…pass

In the one pass, `!!!x` read for its truth printed nothing: the outer
`!!` fold dropped the `!` its inner fold had already dropped. A write
to a parameter of a function reading its own `arguments` went as unread
while `arguments` reads it in sloppy code.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Tgxgyb4N35ndP6cC4KcrXC
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Walkthrough

The one-pass JavaScript minifier now preserves parameter writes that can be observed through arguments and avoids simplifying double negation when the inner operand is itself negated. Unit cases cover both changes.

Changes: One-pass minifier corrections

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Preserve writes observed through arguments
lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js, test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js, .changeset/071-one-pass-negation-arguments.md
The syntax printer detects arguments reads in a function and nested arrows. It retains parameter assignments when the function reads arguments, and clears the detection cache for each unused-code analysis. Unit cases cover reads through arguments[0] and a returned arrow.
Guard nested negation simplification
lib/javascript/syntax-printer.js, test/unitCases/javascript/printer.unittest.js
The !!-to-truthiness simplification now excludes operands that are themselves negations. Unit cases expect !!!x to reduce to !x and !!!!x to reduce to x.

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Suggested labels: area: parser

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Priority: Normal

Change: Bug fix

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