Run DCE without minify?

[commonuserlol]

Can esbuild run DCE (dead code elimination) without --minify?
https://esbuild.github.io/try/#dAAwLjIwLjIALS1kZWZpbmU6REVCVUc9dHJ1ZSAtLW1pbmlmeQBpZiAoREVCVUcpIHsKICBjb25zb2xlLmxvZygiZGVidWcgbWVzc2FnZSIpOwp9CmNvbnNvbGUubG9nKCJqdXN0IGEgbWVzc2FnZSIpOw
If you remove --minify DEBUG will be replaced with true

[evanw]

I assume that you are asking for a way to get esbuild to unwrap the if statement without inserting the comma operator. Enabling and disabling individual minification transforms like that not something that esbuild can do. There are only three separate flags for minification, which are already documented here: https://esbuild.github.io/api/#minify.

[commonuserlol]

I mean, can esbuild remove dead code (if loop with false statement) but don't minify script?

[evanw]

Not in this case. Without minification enabled, esbuild still does some expression-level simplifications but doesn't do statement-level simplifications. Here are two ways to do that without minification enabled: option 1 and option 2.

[commonuserlol]

Thanks!