webpack 5.99.0

v5.99.0

on Node.js NPM

Fixes

• Fixed a lot of types
• Fixed runtime error when using asset module as entrypoint and runtimeChunk
• JSON generator now preserves __proto__ property
• Fixed when entry module isn't executed when targeting webworker with a runtime chunk
• Do not duplicate modules with import attributes and reexport
• The module and module ESM libraries have been union and code generation has been improved
• Use a valid output path for errored asset modules
• Remove BOM from JavaScript and CSS files when loader was not used
• Create export for externals for module/modern-module library
• Export unprovided variables for commonjs-static library
• Forward semicolons from meta.webpackAST
• Use xxhash64 for cache.hashAlgorithm when experiments.futureDefaults enabled
• [CSS] Fixed profiling plugin for CSS
• [CSS] Avoid extra module.export output for CSS module

Features

• Add dead control flow check
• Handle new Worker(import.meta.url) and new Worker(new URL(import.meta.url)) syntax
• Added ability to generate custom error content for generators

Performance Improvements

• Fixed excessive calls of getAllReferences
• Optimize loc for monomorphic inline caching

Chores

• Switch on strict types for typescript