Enable `strictNullChecks` for `traverse` by liuxingbaoyu · Pull Request #17499 · babel/babel

liuxingbaoyu · 2025-08-30T12:40:13Z

Q	A
Fixed Issues?	`Fixes #1, Fixes #2`
Patch: Bug Fix?
Major: Breaking Change?
Minor: New Feature?
Tests Added + Pass?	Yes
Documentation PR Link
Any Dependency Changes?
License	MIT

babel-bot · 2025-08-30T12:43:18Z

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liuxingbaoyu · 2025-08-30T12:44:22Z

packages/babel-traverse/src/path/index.ts

  skipKeys: Record<string, boolean> | null = null;
-  parentPath: NodePath_Final = null;
+  parentPath: NodePath_Final | null = null;
  container: t.Node | Array<t.Node> | null = null;
-  listKey: string | null = null;
+  listKey: string | null | undefined = null;
  key: string | number | null = null;
  node: t.Node | null = null;
  type: t.Node["type"] | null = null;


Perhaps we could define more properties as non-null, such as container, like we did with parentPath.

I'm a bit hesitant to do the same with scope.parent.

liuxingbaoyu · 2025-08-30T12:46:41Z

packages/babel-traverse/src/path/index.ts

+interface NodePath<
+  N extends t.Node | null,
+  T extends t.Node["type"] = NonNullable<N>["type"],
+> extends InstanceType<typeof NodePath_Final>,


NodePath<null> was introduced here, but it was not used more in path.get because it would be very cumbersome to use if we used strict null and non-null.
Suggestions welcome!

It seems the ecosystem has moved to a stricter null, I'll double-check.

liuxingbaoyu · 2025-08-30T12:48:52Z

packages/babel-traverse/src/path/lib/removal-hooks.ts

      self.replaceWith({
        type: "BlockStatement",
+        directives: [],
        body: [],
-      } as t.BlockStatement);
+      } satisfies t.BlockStatement);
      return true;


This is a very good fix.

Right, though looking back I think we could just use the blockStatement builder, since the @babel/types is already a dependency of @babel/traverse.

pkg-pr-new · 2025-08-30T13:03:28Z

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packages/babel-traverse/src/scope/index.ts

JLHwung

This PR looks good to me in general. Nice work.

JLHwung · 2025-09-29T18:08:32Z

packages/babel-traverse/src/path/inference/inferer-reference.ts

  binding: Binding,
  path: NodePath,
-  name: string,
+  name: string | undefined,


The name here is passed from a name property of an Identifier, I think it should be always a string unless the AST is malformed.

babel/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/inference/inferer-reference.ts

Line 23 in c36fa6a

return getTypeAnnotationBindingConstantViolations(

babel/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/inference/inferer-reference.ts

Line 55 in c36fa6a

const testType = getConditionalAnnotation(binding, path, name);

Can we remove the optional marker here?

babel/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/inference/inferer-reference.ts

Line 211 in c36fa6a

name?: string,

JLHwung · 2025-09-29T18:11:32Z

packages/babel-traverse/src/path/inference/inferer-reference.ts

  if (types.length) {
    return {
+      // @ts-expect-error FIXME: may return undefined
      typeAnnotation: createUnionType(types),


The createUnionType will return something as long as types are either all Flow types or TS types. The parser will not mix flow types with ts types, so if there are any outliers, they should be considered malformed AST. In this case can we use the definite marker here?

JLHwung · 2025-09-29T18:13:21Z

packages/babel-traverse/src/path/lib/hoister.ts

          // We also move past any constant violations.
          for (const violationPath of binding.constantViolations) {
+            // @ts-expect-error comparing undefined and number
            if (this.getAttachmentParentForPath(violationPath).key > path.key) {


The getAttachmentParentForPath now always return a NodePath, does TS throw an error because we are comparing string to number?

It seems that it is because key may be null.

liuxingbaoyu · 2025-09-29T22:02:50Z

I pushed fa9e572 (#17499) to fix issues I encountered while upgrading the ecosystem.

liuxingbaoyu · 2025-09-29T22:23:43Z

I'm marking this as a bug fix because this fixes compatibility issues with strictNullChecks.

nicolo-ribaudo · 2025-10-03T10:41:42Z

packages/babel-traverse/src/scope/index.ts

+  block!: t.Pattern | t.Scopable;

-  inited;
+  declare inited;


Can we avoid declare here? We want them to be defined as own properties.

Co-authored-by: Huáng Jùnliàng <jlhwung@gmail.com>

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Co-authored-by: Huáng Jùnliàng <jlhwung@gmail.com>

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