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Re:The TypeScript compiler is now implemented internally wit... by RyanCavanaugh on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @03:19PM (#33441485)
> Seems like a trivial change, so why not do it sooner?

Re: indentation: Literally, no one thought of it, as far as anyone can tell. Linus's law appears to have its limits.

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Re:The TypeScript compiler is now implemented internally wit... by robertlagrant on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @04:35PM (#33442590)
Most minifiers already put things on one line, though.
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Re:The TypeScript compiler is now implemented internally wit... by jakebailey on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @05:00PM (#33442848)
TS has some unique restrictions due to downstream patching of our package; my PR description briefly talks about this as something we can try to improve in the future. Minification absolutely would save a lot more size out of our package, but I was not willing to change that in this PR.
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