Question: How to keep `class X {}`, avoid `var X = class {}`?

[loynoir]

Input

class Foo {}
export { Foo }

Actual Output

var Foo = class {
};
export {
  Foo
};

Expected Output

class Foo {}
export { Foo }

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[sidwebworks]

@loynoir I think this has to do with making modifications to the actual AST (abstract syntax tree) of the code, and as far as I know, Esbuild does not export expose the internal AST so there isn't really a straightforward way to modify code inside the plugins.

https://esbuild.github.io/plugins/#plugin-api-limitations