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Tree Shaking 原理

使用

在 Webpack 中,启动 Tree Shaking 功能必须同时满足三个条件:

  • 使用 ESM 规范编写模块代码。
  • 配置 optimization.usedExports 为 true,启动标记功能。(默认为true)
  • 启动代码优化功能,可以通过如下方式实现:
    • 配置 mode = production
    • 配置 optimization.minimize = true(默认为true)
    • 提供 optimization.minimizer 数组

初始化

applyWebpackOptionsDefaults中调用applyOptimizationDefaults方法,设置两个变量:

javascript
D(optimization, "providedExports", true);
D(optimization, "usedExports", production);
D(optimization, "providedExports", true);
D(optimization, "usedExports", production);

紧接着WebpackOptionsApply中根据这两个变量应用两个插件:

javascript
if (options.optimization.providedExports) {
  const FlagDependencyExportsPlugin = require("./FlagDependencyExportsPlugin");
  new FlagDependencyExportsPlugin().apply(compiler);
}
if (options.optimization.usedExports) {
  const FlagDependencyUsagePlugin = require("./FlagDependencyUsagePlugin");
  new FlagDependencyUsagePlugin(
    options.optimization.usedExports === "global"
  ).apply(compiler);
}
if (options.optimization.providedExports) {
  const FlagDependencyExportsPlugin = require("./FlagDependencyExportsPlugin");
  new FlagDependencyExportsPlugin().apply(compiler);
}
if (options.optimization.usedExports) {
  const FlagDependencyUsagePlugin = require("./FlagDependencyUsagePlugin");
  new FlagDependencyUsagePlugin(
    options.optimization.usedExports === "global"
  ).apply(compiler);
}

export解析为Dependency

通常来讲导出分为三种情况:

  • 具名导出export const a = 1
  • 默认导出export default const b = 2
  • 全部导出export * from './xxx.js'

make阶段对源码进行编译得到ast时,会对以上三种情况进行分析:

javascript
blockPreWalkStatement(statement) {
  // ...
  switch (statement.type) {
    case "ExportAllDeclaration":
      this.blockPreWalkExportAllDeclaration(statement);
      break;
    case "ExportDefaultDeclaration":
      this.blockPreWalkExportDefaultDeclaration(statement);
      break;
    case "ExportNamedDeclaration":
      this.blockPreWalkExportNamedDeclaration(statement);
      break;
  }
}
blockPreWalkStatement(statement) {
  // ...
  switch (statement.type) {
    case "ExportAllDeclaration":
      this.blockPreWalkExportAllDeclaration(statement);
      break;
    case "ExportDefaultDeclaration":
      this.blockPreWalkExportDefaultDeclaration(statement);
      break;
    case "ExportNamedDeclaration":
      this.blockPreWalkExportNamedDeclaration(statement);
      break;
  }
}

最终触发HarmonyExportDependencyParserPlugin插件对应的钩子形成三种不同的dependency,精简代码如下:

javascript
parser.hooks.exportExpression.tap(
  "HarmonyExportDependencyParserPlugin",
  (statement, expr) => {
    const dep = new HarmonyExportExpressionDependency()
    parser.state.current.addDependency(dep);
    return true;
  }
);
parser.hooks.exportSpecifier.tap(
  "HarmonyExportDependencyParserPlugin",
  (statement, id, name, idx) => {
    if (settings) {
      dep = new HarmonyExportImportedSpecifierDependency();
    } else {
      dep = new HarmonyExportSpecifierDependency(id, name);
    }
    parser.state.current.addDependency(dep);
    return true;
  }
);
parser.hooks.exportImportSpecifier.tap(
  "HarmonyExportDependencyParserPlugin",
  (statement, source, id, name, idx) => {
    const dep = new HarmonyExportImportedSpecifierDependency();
    parser.state.current.addDependency(dep);
    return true;
  }
);
parser.hooks.exportExpression.tap(
  "HarmonyExportDependencyParserPlugin",
  (statement, expr) => {
    const dep = new HarmonyExportExpressionDependency()
    parser.state.current.addDependency(dep);
    return true;
  }
);
parser.hooks.exportSpecifier.tap(
  "HarmonyExportDependencyParserPlugin",
  (statement, id, name, idx) => {
    if (settings) {
      dep = new HarmonyExportImportedSpecifierDependency();
    } else {
      dep = new HarmonyExportSpecifierDependency(id, name);
    }
    parser.state.current.addDependency(dep);
    return true;
  }
);
parser.hooks.exportImportSpecifier.tap(
  "HarmonyExportDependencyParserPlugin",
  (statement, source, id, name, idx) => {
    const dep = new HarmonyExportImportedSpecifierDependency();
    parser.state.current.addDependency(dep);
    return true;
  }
);

FlagDependencyExportsPlugin分析exportsInfo

FlagDependencyExportsPlugin插件在compilation实例化时监听了hooks.finishModules钩子:

javascript
compiler.hooks.compilation.tap(
  "FlagDependencyExportsPlugin",
  compilation => {
    compilation.hooks.finishModules.tapAsync(
      "FlagDependencyExportsPlugin",
      (modules, callback) => {}
    )
  }
)
compiler.hooks.compilation.tap(
  "FlagDependencyExportsPlugin",
  compilation => {
    compilation.hooks.finishModules.tapAsync(
      "FlagDependencyExportsPlugin",
      (modules, callback) => {}
    )
  }
)

也就是说在make阶段当所有modulesbuild完毕后会触发该插件的回调函数。此时会遍历所有module,并分析他们有哪些导出项,其核心代码如下:

javascript
while (queue.length > 0) {
  module = queue.dequeue();

  exportsInfo = moduleGraph.getExportsInfo(module);

  processDependenciesBlock(module);

  for (const [
    dep,
    exportsSpec
  ] of exportsSpecsFromDependencies) {
    processExportsSpec(dep, exportsSpec);
  }
}
while (queue.length > 0) {
  module = queue.dequeue();

  exportsInfo = moduleGraph.getExportsInfo(module);

  processDependenciesBlock(module);

  for (const [
    dep,
    exportsSpec
  ] of exportsSpecsFromDependencies) {
    processExportsSpec(dep, exportsSpec);
  }
}

首先会获取moduleexportsInfo,该变量会记录该模块所有的导出信息。

其次会调用processDependenciesBlock,该方法会遍历dependencies并调用processDependency方法:

javascript
const processDependency = dep => {
  const exportDesc = dep.getExports(moduleGraph);
  if (!exportDesc) return;
  exportsSpecsFromDependencies.set(dep, exportDesc);
};
const processDependency = dep => {
  const exportDesc = dep.getExports(moduleGraph);
  if (!exportDesc) return;
  exportsSpecsFromDependencies.set(dep, exportDesc);
};

通常来讲export相关的dependency,它们的exportDesc是存在的,如:

javascript
getExports(moduleGraph) {
  return {
    exports: [this.name],
    priority: 1,
    terminalBinding: true,
    dependencies: undefined
  };
}

getExports(moduleGraph) {
  return {
    exports: ["default"],
    priority: 1,
    terminalBinding: true,
    dependencies: undefined
  };
}
getExports(moduleGraph) {
  return {
    exports: [this.name],
    priority: 1,
    terminalBinding: true,
    dependencies: undefined
  };
}

getExports(moduleGraph) {
  return {
    exports: ["default"],
    priority: 1,
    terminalBinding: true,
    dependencies: undefined
  };
}

最终会遍历这些具有export内容的dependency,并执行processExportsSpec,精简后的代码如下:

javascript
const processExportsSpec = (dep, exportDesc) => {
  const exports = exportDesc.exports;

  const mergeExports = (exportsInfo, exports) => {
    for (const exportNameOrSpec of exports) {

      name = exportNameOrSpec;

      const exportInfo = exportsInfo.getExportInfo(name);
    }
  };
  mergeExports(exportsInfo, exports);
}
const processExportsSpec = (dep, exportDesc) => {
  const exports = exportDesc.exports;

  const mergeExports = (exportsInfo, exports) => {
    for (const exportNameOrSpec of exports) {

      name = exportNameOrSpec;

      const exportInfo = exportsInfo.getExportInfo(name);
    }
  };
  mergeExports(exportsInfo, exports);
}

首先会获取所有导出的变量exports,然后遍历exports,对于每个export变量的name都会调用exportsInfo.getExportInfo(name)建立一个exportInfo

javascript
getExportInfo(name) {
  const newInfo = new ExportInfo(name, this._otherExportsInfo);
  this._exports.set(name, newInfo);
  return newInfo;
}
getExportInfo(name) {
  const newInfo = new ExportInfo(name, this._otherExportsInfo);
  this._exports.set(name, newInfo);
  return newInfo;
}

这样就在exportsInfo里可以通过_exports属性访问所有的导出变量信息。这里省略了exportInfo信息的一些要素。

FlagDependencyUsagePlugin标记使用

seal阶段时,已经创建好了所有module,在生成chunk之前会先触发hooks.optimizeDependencies钩子:

javascript
while (this.hooks.optimizeDependencies.call(this.modules)) {
  /* empty */
}
while (this.hooks.optimizeDependencies.call(this.modules)) {
  /* empty */
}

此时会调用FlagDependencyUsagePlugin插件的回调,核心代码如下:

javascript
// 遍历 entry dependency
for (const dep of deps) {
  processEntryDependency(dep, runtime);
}

// 处理完入口后,将遇到的 module 又加入到 queue 中进行处理
while (queue.length) {
  const [module, runtime] = queue.dequeue();
  processModule(module, runtime, false);
}
// 遍历 entry dependency
for (const dep of deps) {
  processEntryDependency(dep, runtime);
}

// 处理完入口后,将遇到的 module 又加入到 queue 中进行处理
while (queue.length) {
  const [module, runtime] = queue.dequeue();
  processModule(module, runtime, false);
}

从入口开始遍历module,真正的执行者为processModule方法:

javascript
const processModule = (module, runtime, forceSideEffects) => {
  const map = new Map();
  const queue = new ArrayQueue();
  queue.enqueue(module);
  for (;;) {
    const block = queue.dequeue();

    for (const dep of block.dependencies) {
      const connection = moduleGraph.getConnection(dep);
      // 1. 获取 dependency 对应的 module
      const { module } = connection;

      // 2. 根据当前 dependency 分析引用了哪些变量
      const referencedExports =
            compilation.getDependencyReferencedExports(dep, runtime);
      if (
        oldReferencedExports === undefined ||
        oldReferencedExports === NO_EXPORTS_REFERENCED ||
        referencedExports === EXPORTS_OBJECT_REFERENCED
      ) {
        // 3. 形成 map 结构
        map.set(module, referencedExports);
      }
    }
  }

  // ...
};
const processModule = (module, runtime, forceSideEffects) => {
  const map = new Map();
  const queue = new ArrayQueue();
  queue.enqueue(module);
  for (;;) {
    const block = queue.dequeue();

    for (const dep of block.dependencies) {
      const connection = moduleGraph.getConnection(dep);
      // 1. 获取 dependency 对应的 module
      const { module } = connection;

      // 2. 根据当前 dependency 分析引用了哪些变量
      const referencedExports =
            compilation.getDependencyReferencedExports(dep, runtime);
      if (
        oldReferencedExports === undefined ||
        oldReferencedExports === NO_EXPORTS_REFERENCED ||
        referencedExports === EXPORTS_OBJECT_REFERENCED
      ) {
        // 3. 形成 map 结构
        map.set(module, referencedExports);
      }
    }
  }

  // ...
};

processModule前半部分代码是遍历module.dependencies。在遇到import相关的dependency时,通过getDependencyReferencedExports方法解析该dependency,获取所有引用到的变量,记做referencedExports,并添加到map中。

后半段代码则是遍历map,处理importexport之间的联系:

javascript
for (const [module, referencedExports] of map) {
  if (Array.isArray(referencedExports)) {
    processReferencedModule(
      module,
      referencedExports,
      runtime,
      forceSideEffects
    );
  } else {
    processReferencedModule(
      module,
      Array.from(referencedExports.values()),
      runtime,
      forceSideEffects
    );
  }
}
for (const [module, referencedExports] of map) {
  if (Array.isArray(referencedExports)) {
    processReferencedModule(
      module,
      referencedExports,
      runtime,
      forceSideEffects
    );
  } else {
    processReferencedModule(
      module,
      Array.from(referencedExports.values()),
      runtime,
      forceSideEffects
    );
  }
}

processReferencedModule传入参数中,module表示dep对应的模块(这里其实指被导入的模块),referencedExports表示当前模块import了哪些变量,为数组形式。processReferencedModule精简代码如下:

javascript
const processReferencedModule = (
  module,
  usedExports,
  runtime,
  forceSideEffects
) => {
  // 1. 获取导入模块 的导出信息
  const exportsInfo = moduleGraph.getExportsInfo(module);
  if (usedExports.length > 0) {
    // 2. 遍历这个模块被使用到的变量
    for (const usedExportInfo of usedExports) {
      usedExport = usedExportInfo;
      let currentExportsInfo = exportsInfo;
      // 3. 遍历这个模块被使用到的变量

      for (let i = 0; i < usedExport.length; i++) {
        // 4. 根据引用到的变量,获取到该变量在模块中导出的信息
        const exportInfo = currentExportsInfo.getExportInfo(
          usedExport[i]
        );

        // 5.在该变量的exportInfo里标记被使用
        if (
          exportInfo.setUsedConditionally(
            v => v !== UsageState.Used,
            UsageState.Used,
            runtime
          )
        ) {
          const currentModule =
                currentExportsInfo === exportsInfo
          ? module
          : exportInfoToModuleMap.get(currentExportsInfo);
          if (currentModule) {
            // 6. 递归处理遇到的 module
            queue.enqueue(currentModule, runtime);
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
};
const processReferencedModule = (
  module,
  usedExports,
  runtime,
  forceSideEffects
) => {
  // 1. 获取导入模块 的导出信息
  const exportsInfo = moduleGraph.getExportsInfo(module);
  if (usedExports.length > 0) {
    // 2. 遍历这个模块被使用到的变量
    for (const usedExportInfo of usedExports) {
      usedExport = usedExportInfo;
      let currentExportsInfo = exportsInfo;
      // 3. 遍历这个模块被使用到的变量

      for (let i = 0; i < usedExport.length; i++) {
        // 4. 根据引用到的变量,获取到该变量在模块中导出的信息
        const exportInfo = currentExportsInfo.getExportInfo(
          usedExport[i]
        );

        // 5.在该变量的exportInfo里标记被使用
        if (
          exportInfo.setUsedConditionally(
            v => v !== UsageState.Used,
            UsageState.Used,
            runtime
          )
        ) {
          const currentModule =
                currentExportsInfo === exportsInfo
          ? module
          : exportInfoToModuleMap.get(currentExportsInfo);
          if (currentModule) {
            // 6. 递归处理遇到的 module
            queue.enqueue(currentModule, runtime);
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
};

其中标记发生在setUsedConditionally函数中:

javascript
setUsedConditionally(condition, newValue, runtime) {
  // ...
  if (newValue !== UsageState.Unused && condition(UsageState.Unused)) {
    this._usedInRuntime = new Map();
    forEachRuntime(
      runtime,
      runtime => this._usedInRuntime.set(runtime, newValue)
    );
    return true;
  }
}
setUsedConditionally(condition, newValue, runtime) {
  // ...
  if (newValue !== UsageState.Unused && condition(UsageState.Unused)) {
    this._usedInRuntime = new Map();
    forEachRuntime(
      runtime,
      runtime => this._usedInRuntime.set(runtime, newValue)
    );
    return true;
  }
}

此时会在_usedInRuntime属性中标记UsageState.Used,为已被使用。

导入了但是未被使用怎么办?

举一个简单例子如下:

javascript
import a from './a.js'
// 如果不调用 a
// a()
import a from './a.js'
// 如果不调用 a
// a()

正常情况下,walkStatement处理解析后的ast,会为import语法创建HarmonyImportSideEffectDependency,而当使用a()时,会创建HarmonyImportSpecifierDependency。前面提到回编译dependencies进行标记,但是在遍历之前会做一层处理:

javascript
const connection = moduleGraph.getConnection(dep);
if (!connection || !connection.module) {
  continue;
}
const activeState = connection.getActiveState(runtime);
if (activeState === false) continue;
const connection = moduleGraph.getConnection(dep);
if (!connection || !connection.module) {
  continue;
}
const activeState = connection.getActiveState(runtime);
if (activeState === false) continue;

获取depconnection,然后调用getActiveState方法:

javascript
// ModuleGraphConnection 类方法
getActiveState(runtime) {
  if (!this.conditional) return this._active;
  return this.condition(this, runtime);
}
// ModuleGraphConnection 类方法
getActiveState(runtime) {
  if (!this.conditional) return this._active;
  return this.condition(this, runtime);
}

这个conditional实际上是在建立connection时被赋值的:

javascript
// ModuleGraph 类方法
setResolvedModule(originModule, dependency, module) {
  const connection = new ModuleGraphConnection(
    originModule,
    dependency,
    module,
    undefined,
    dependency.weak,
    dependency.getCondition(this)
  );
}
// ModuleGraph 类方法
setResolvedModule(originModule, dependency, module) {
  const connection = new ModuleGraphConnection(
    originModule,
    dependency,
    module,
    undefined,
    dependency.weak,
    dependency.getCondition(this)
  );
}

这里又通过dependency.getCondition来确认最终conditional是否为为true。对于HarmonyImportSideEffectDependencygetCondition最终返回的是一个函数,因此为true。但是HarmonyImportSpecifierDependency不一样,最终会返回false。因此,实际上标记时是根据HarmonyImportSpecifierDependency来进行标记的。所以,当只导入了变量,但是没有使用时,标记同样为未使用。

(但是在递归创建module的时候,使用的是HarmonyImportSideEffectDependency,而不是HarmonyImportSpecifierDependency)。

去除没有使用的export

seal阶段进行code generate的时候,此时需要遍历模块的dependencies,然后将其生成最终的代码。而export的处理也正是在这个时候,这里以export const a = 1为例,对应于HarmonyExportSpecifierDependency。当生成代码时,需要执行HarmonyExportSpecifierDependency.Template.apply方法:

javascript
HarmonyExportSpecifierDependency.Template = class HarmonyExportSpecifierDependencyTemplate extends (
 NullDependency.Template
) {
 apply(
  dependency,
  source,
  { module, moduleGraph, initFragments, runtime, concatenationScope }
 ) {
  const dep = /** @type {HarmonyExportSpecifierDependency} */ (dependency);

  const used = moduleGraph
   .getExportsInfo(module)
   .getUsedName(dep.name, runtime);
  if (!used) {
   const set = new Set();
   set.add(dep.name || "namespace");
   initFragments.push(
    new HarmonyExportInitFragment(module.exportsArgument, undefined, set)
   );
   return;
  }

  const map = new Map();
  map.set(used, `/* binding */ ${dep.id}`);
  initFragments.push(
   new HarmonyExportInitFragment(module.exportsArgument, map, undefined)
  );
 }
};
HarmonyExportSpecifierDependency.Template = class HarmonyExportSpecifierDependencyTemplate extends (
 NullDependency.Template
) {
 apply(
  dependency,
  source,
  { module, moduleGraph, initFragments, runtime, concatenationScope }
 ) {
  const dep = /** @type {HarmonyExportSpecifierDependency} */ (dependency);

  const used = moduleGraph
   .getExportsInfo(module)
   .getUsedName(dep.name, runtime);
  if (!used) {
   const set = new Set();
   set.add(dep.name || "namespace");
   initFragments.push(
    new HarmonyExportInitFragment(module.exportsArgument, undefined, set)
   );
   return;
  }

  const map = new Map();
  map.set(used, `/* binding */ ${dep.id}`);
  initFragments.push(
   new HarmonyExportInitFragment(module.exportsArgument, map, undefined)
  );
 }
};

它会根据getExportsInfodep.name获取导出的变量的使用情况,如果没有使用,那么传入的mapundefined,这样在HarmonyExportInitFragment获取内容时就不会生成相应的export代码了:

javascript
// HarmonyExportInitFragment 类 getContent 方法
getContent({ runtimeTemplate, runtimeRequirements }) {
  const definitions = [];
  for (const [key, value] of this.exportMap) {
    definitions.push(
      `\n/* harmony export */   ${JSON.stringify(
        key
      )}: ${runtimeTemplate.returningFunction(value)}`
    );
  }
  const definePart =
        this.exportMap.size > 0
  ? `/* harmony export */ ${RuntimeGlobals.definePropertyGetters}(${
  this.exportsArgument
  }, {${definitions.join(",")}\n/* harmony export */ });\n`
  : "";
  return `${definePart}${unusedPart}`;
}
// HarmonyExportInitFragment 类 getContent 方法
getContent({ runtimeTemplate, runtimeRequirements }) {
  const definitions = [];
  for (const [key, value] of this.exportMap) {
    definitions.push(
      `\n/* harmony export */   ${JSON.stringify(
        key
      )}: ${runtimeTemplate.returningFunction(value)}`
    );
  }
  const definePart =
        this.exportMap.size > 0
  ? `/* harmony export */ ${RuntimeGlobals.definePropertyGetters}(${
  this.exportsArgument
  }, {${definitions.join(",")}\n/* harmony export */ });\n`
  : "";
  return `${definePart}${unusedPart}`;
}

从而达到去除那些没有使用到的export等变量的目的。

terser-webpack-plugin

github 地址

最后会通过terser-webpack-plugin删除无用代码,实现完整的tree shaking效果。

总结

tree shaking的原理大致包括以下几个步骤:

  1. buildModule阶段:当源码解析成ast树后,分析export语法,转变为对应的dependency
  2. hooks.finishModules钩子:通过FlagDependencyExportsPlugin插件遍历所有moduledependencies,找到export相关的dependencies,然后分析出导出的变量名称。最后根据每个导出的变量名称创建一个exportInfo,最后将exportInfo与当前的module建立联系:通过getExportsInfo可以访问当前module所有的exportInfo
  3. hooks.optimizeDependencies钩子:通过FlagDependencyUsagePlugin插件,也是遍历dependencies
    • 查找使用了模块变量的dependency,解析出具体使用了哪些变量。
    • 根据该dependencymoduleGraph,获取该dependency对应的module
    • 获取moduleexportsInfo,根据name获取对应的exportInfo
    • exportInfo,标记为已使用。(可通过_usedInRuntime属性访问是否使用过)。
  4. seal阶段:在生成代码时,分析export相关的dependency,如果没有被使用,那么不生成相应的导出代码。
  5. assets阶段:生成的代码通过terser-webpack-plugin插件删除无用代码。