Babel v7.0.0-alpha.8 Release Notes

Release Date: 2017-04-17 // almost 7 years ago
  • :eyeglasses: Spec Compliance

    • babel-preset-stage-2, babel-preset-stage-3

    :boom: Breaking Change

    • babel-core
      • #5547 [7.0] Require babel-(preset|plugin) or module: on plugins/presets. (@loganfsmyth)

    :rocket: New Feature

    :bug: Bug Fix

    • ๐Ÿ”Œ babel-plugin-transform-class-properties, babel-plugin-transform-es2015-classes, babel-plugin-transform-es2015-function-name
    • babel-generator
      • #5562 Avoid creating a new line comment when a block comment is preceded by a forward slash. (@tgecho)
    • ๐Ÿ”Œ babel-plugin-transform-async-to-generator
      • #5536 Always use the native (or polyfilled) Promise in transform-async-to-generator. (@Kovensky)

    ๐Ÿ’… :nail_care: Polish

    • babel-core, babel-helpers
      • #5548 Remove unnecessary returns in asyncToGenerator helper. (@zertosh)

    ๐Ÿ“š :memo: Documentation

    • ๐Ÿ”Œ babel-plugin-transform-es2015-arrow-functions
      • #5573 Improve example of babel-plugin-transform-es2015-arrow-functions. (@exacs)

    :house: Internal

    • babel-core, babel-messages
      • #5602 Refactor OptionManager to be a short class with a bunch of pure helper functions.. (@loganfsmyth)
    • ๐Ÿ”Œ babel-plugin-transform-regenerator
    • Other