Support --incremental with --module AMD

[alexcole]

Search Terms

• module
• incremental
• AMD

Suggestion

Support using the --incremental flag when outputting AMD modules.

Use Cases

Projects that use the AMD module format should be able to get the performance benefits that come with --incremental. Currently testing locally it appears that using --incremental makes a large difference for compilation speed when outputting to ES6 modules but didn't make any difference for AMD.

Examples

Checklist

My suggestion meets these guidelines:

• This wouldn't be a breaking change in existing TypeScript/JavaScript code
• This wouldn't change the runtime behavior of existing JavaScript code
• This could be implemented without emitting different JS based on the types of the expressions
• This isn't a runtime feature (e.g. library functionality, non-ECMAScript syntax with JavaScript output, etc.)
• This feature would agree with the rest of TypeScript's Design Goals.