Name mangling in SlimIt 0.5

SlimIt 0.5 is out. This release includes name mangling that can be turned on with -m or –mangle flag from the command line.

To give you a taste of what it’s like here is a simple example:

function test() {
  var long_name = 'long name', log = 5;
  console.log(long_name);
  foo = function(arg1, arg2) {
    var arg2 = 'new arg2';
    console.log(long_name + arg1 + arg2);
  };
}

After name mangling:

function a() {
  var a = 'long name', b = 5;
  console.log(a);
  foo = function(b, c) {
    var c = 'new arg2';
    console.log(a + b + c);
  };
}

And here is a new jQuery 1.6.1 minification benchmark for jsmin, rJSmin, and SlimIt (the lower the better):

Please, file any bug reports at GitHub.

Tagged as: compilers, javascript, slimit