Babel: v8.0.0-alpha.16 Release

v8.0.0-alpha.16 (2025-02-14)

In addition to the changelog below, this release includes changes from v7.26.6 to v7.26.9.

:boom: Breaking Change

• babel-types
  • #17099 [babel 8] Remove legacy .d.ts for TypeScript <= 4.0 (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-generator, babel-parser, babel-plugin-transform-template-literals, babel-traverse, babel-types
  • #17066 [Babel 8] Create TSTemplateLiteralType (@JLHwung)
• babel-generator, babel-parser, babel-plugin-transform-typescript, babel-types
  • #17073 [Babel 8] Parse export import = as an ExportNamedDeclaration (@JLHwung)
• babel-preset-env
  • #17078 [babel 8] Remove bugfixes option (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• babel-parser
  • #17063 [Babel 8] Create TSEmptyBodyFunctionExpression also on invalid input (@JLHwung)
• babel-parser, babel-plugin-transform-typescript, babel-types
  • #17059 [Babel 8] Create ThisExpression for typeof this (@JLHwung)

:bug: Bug Fix

• babel-generator
  • #17131 [Babel 8] Add several TS type parentheses rules (@JLHwung)
  • #17125 fix: Missing parentheses when printing a TS arrow function type in a union (@liuxingbaoyu)
• babel-parser
  • #17106 Fix TS non-array type start (@JLHwung)

:house: Internal

• babel-parser, babel-plugin-proposal-pipeline-operator, babel-plugin-syntax-pipeline-operator
  • #17058 [babel 8] Remove remaining references to minimal/smart pipelines (@nicolo-ribaudo)

Committers: 7

• Babel Bot (@babel-bot)
• Huáng Jùnliàng (@JLHwung)
• Jamie Kyle (@jamiebuilds-signal)
• Nicolò Ribaudo (@nicolo-ribaudo)
• Tony Quetano (@tquetano-netflix)
• @branchseer
• @liuxingbaoyu