fix: place let: declarations before {@const} declarations

.changeset/brown-insects-burn.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: place `let:` declarations before `{@const}` declarations

packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/transform-client.js

@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ export function client_component(analysis, options) {
 		// these are set inside the `Fragment` visitor, and cannot be used until then
 		init: /** @type {any} */ (null),
 		consts: /** @type {any} */ (null),
+		let_directives: /** @type {any} */ (null),
 		update: /** @type {any} */ (null),
 		after_update: /** @type {any} */ (null),
 		template: /** @type {any} */ (null),

packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/types.d.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ export interface ComponentClientTransformState extends ClientTransformState {
 	readonly after_update: Statement[];
 	/** Transformed `{@const }` declarations */
 	readonly consts: Statement[];
+	/** Transformed `let:` directives */
+	readonly let_directives: Statement[];
 	/** Memoized expressions */
 	readonly memoizer: Memoizer;
 	/** The HTML template string */

packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/Fragment.js

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export function Fragment(node, context) {
 		...context.state,
 		init: [],
 		consts: [],
+		let_directives: [],
 		update: [],
 		after_update: [],
 		memoizer: new Memoizer(),
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ export function Fragment(node, context) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	body.push(...state.consts);
+	body.push(...state.let_directives, ...state.consts);
 
 	if (has_await) {
 		body.push(b.if(b.call('$.aborted'), b.return()));

packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/LetDirective.js

@@ -21,22 +21,24 @@ export function LetDirective(node, context) {
 			};
 		}
 
-		return b.const(
-			name,
-			b.call(
-				'$.derived',
-				b.thunk(
-					b.block([
-						b.let(
-							/** @type {Expression} */ (node.expression).type === 'ObjectExpression'
-								? // @ts-expect-error types don't match, but it can't contain spread elements and the structure is otherwise fine
-									b.object_pattern(node.expression.properties)
-								: // @ts-expect-error types don't match, but it can't contain spread elements and the structure is otherwise fine
-									b.array_pattern(node.expression.elements),
-							b.member(b.id('$$slotProps'), node.name)
-						),
-						b.return(b.object(bindings.map((binding) => b.init(binding.node.name, binding.node))))
-					])
+		context.state.let_directives.push(
+			b.const(
+				name,
+				b.call(
+					'$.derived',
+					b.thunk(
+						b.block([
+							b.let(
+								/** @type {Expression} */ (node.expression).type === 'ObjectExpression'
+									? // @ts-expect-error types don't match, but it can't contain spread elements and the structure is otherwise fine
+										b.object_pattern(node.expression.properties)
+									: // @ts-expect-error types don't match, but it can't contain spread elements and the structure is otherwise fine
+										b.array_pattern(node.expression.elements),
+								b.member(b.id('$$slotProps'), node.name)
+							),
+							b.return(b.object(bindings.map((binding) => b.init(binding.node.name, binding.node))))
+						])
+					)
 				)
 			)
 		);
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ export function LetDirective(node, context) {
 			read: (node) => b.call('$.get', node)
 		};
 
-		return b.const(name, create_derived(context.state, b.member(b.id('$$slotProps'), node.name)));
+		context.state.let_directives.push(
+			b.const(name, create_derived(context.state, b.member(b.id('$$slotProps'), node.name)))
+		);
 	}
 }

packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export function RegularElement(node, context) {
 
 			case 'LetDirective':
 				// visit let directives before everything else, to set state
-				lets.push(/** @type {ExpressionStatement} */ (context.visit(attribute)));
+				context.visit(attribute, { ...context.state, let_directives: lets });
 				break;
 
 			case 'OnDirective':

packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/SlotElement.js

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export function SlotElement(node, context) {
 				}
 			}
 		} else if (attribute.type === 'LetDirective') {
-			lets.push(/** @type {ExpressionStatement} */ (context.visit(attribute)));
+			context.visit(attribute, { ...context.state, let_directives: lets });
 		}
 	}
 

packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/SvelteFragment.js

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 export function SvelteFragment(node, context) {
 	for (const attribute of node.attributes) {
 		if (attribute.type === 'LetDirective') {
-			context.state.init.push(/** @type {ExpressionStatement} */ (context.visit(attribute)));
+			context.visit(attribute);
 		}
 	}
 

packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/component.js

@@ -101,15 +101,15 @@ export function build_component(node, component_name, context) {
 	if (slot_scope_applies_to_itself) {
 		for (const attribute of node.attributes) {
 			if (attribute.type === 'LetDirective') {
-				lets.push(/** @type {ExpressionStatement} */ (context.visit(attribute)));
+				context.visit(attribute, { ...context.state, let_directives: lets });
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	for (const attribute of node.attributes) {
 		if (attribute.type === 'LetDirective') {
 			if (!slot_scope_applies_to_itself) {
-				lets.push(/** @type {ExpressionStatement} */ (context.visit(attribute, states.default)));
+				context.visit(attribute, { ...states.default, let_directives: lets });
 			}
 		} else if (attribute.type === 'OnDirective') {
 			if (!attribute.expression) {

packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/let-directive-and-const-tag/_config.js

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({
+	html: 'foo'
+});

packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/let-directive-and-const-tag/component.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<slot data='foo'></slot>

packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/let-directive-and-const-tag/main.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<script>
+    import Component from './component.svelte';
+</script>
+<Component let:data>
+    {@const thing = data}
+    {thing}
+</Component>