```js //! some license for this library const foo = 'foobarfoobar' console.log(foo) ``` is minified to ```js console.log("foobarfoobar"); ``` while ```js //! some license for this library const foo = 'foobarfoobar' console.log(foo) console.log(foo) ``` is minified to ```js //! some license for this library const foo = "foobarfoobar"; console.log(foo), console.log(foo); ``` Since this library is included, I expect the license comment to be preserved. [esbuild](https://esbuild.github.io/try/#dAAwLjI3LjMALS1taW5pZnkgLS1mb3JtYXQ9ZXNtAHsKICAvLyEgc29tZSBsaWNlbnNlIGZvciB0aGlzIGxpYnJhcnkKICBjb25zdCBmb28gPSAnZm9vYmFyZm9vYmFyJwogIGNvbnNvbGUubG9nKGZvbykKfQ)[^1] and [SWC](https://play.swc.rs/?version=1.15.13&code=H4sIAAAAAAAAA9PXV1Qozs9NVcjJTE7NK05VSMsvUijJyCwGCiQVJRZV8nLxciXn5xWXAGXyFWwV1IFUUmIRhFSHyOXnpOrl5KdrAAU1QepTKwryi0oUqmt5uQCq4oSaYAAAAA%3D%3D&config=H4sIAAAAAAAAA41VwW7bMAy95ysCn3voimIYdhsG7LZvEBSLcpRKoiFRToIi%2Fz5asdO0oY1dgpiPfBSpR%2Bp9s902h9w2P7fv%2FJc%2Fep0ypNs3W%2FI5kj6xpYE26Nwm11PzNKOHPEJW%2BwzVdHmaeBIwzwC%2FvP%2BNIUCkzH6UCkwOpFMHVGnzy%2FPL60TZeMQMM%2BVkCy46e74%2FVIthzJDvbGxlyjKnuoufsITHz2eo9h2iBx1XEKWzcpGggyQRt%2Bi97jOoQSeBZTypTi6jlGIEC4FRfcJexKNx5DByzkfUgDaqRQMC5BK05AaQwjgXh8XM5Qn1VNjArnRdFcKXaBi0L5qEnHCqV8KnFVj36DIpW6LUwiu40IMrODX3a6SzKgGVFB%2FjDujiwp28AXAHvM456gASb%2FWwrKelaLsa6aJlydJZwFnfUpUROm6qcs4KnR07A4mcdJsJTGlh7GwrHWeCF9qXnQEF1rJWBOp8dNTupaR07gGtAPD9aiup6gqo2xQu4ONArMB%2FuEqSBTZ5BE37ZTSfww79SoIAtEez4sBXQbgMJ94Sp34ZL9EASwOM6FJyBR6XAA8AofJ1Xz5og8eDGVXncfexJiaHy21RBx27Ou93%2B5Kw9zCAX5Lxf4zIKspnG0ZVz5P9ML3wQxKl5sFz354%2FvStcymb%2BrUU1AU25K6hq8vqcfG8%2BnOaXY%2B5a4%2FLfOZA7%2FhbxGJvN5R95XTgECQcAAA%3D%3D) keep these. [^1]: the input code is a bit different because of how esbuild inlines values
is minified to
while
is minified to
Since this library is included, I expect the license comment to be preserved.
esbuild1 and SWC keep these.
Footnotes
the input code is a bit different because of how esbuild inlines values ↩