We currently use acorn for parsing JS into the AST, however there are faster alternatives now.
One of the fastest, @swc/core, is used by Next.js so its perhaps possible to parse once and share the AST so that nft wouldn't need to parse again. However, this could lead to a major rewrite since the AST is not compatible.
Another alternative, hermes-parser, is used by React Native and should have the same AST format (ESTree) which might mean its a drop-in replacement for acorn.
We currently use
acornfor parsing JS into the AST, however there are faster alternatives now.One of the fastest,
@swc/core, is used by Next.js so its perhaps possible to parse once and share the AST so that nft wouldn't need to parse again. However, this could lead to a major rewrite since the AST is not compatible.Another alternative,
hermes-parser, is used by React Native and should have the same AST format (ESTree) which might mean its a drop-in replacement foracorn.