Drop AST constructors in favor of JSON

These were little more than object literal statements that were less clear due to their use of index-based arguments.

Fixes #1077

lib/handlebars/compiler/ast.js

@@ -1,130 +1,4 @@
 let AST = {
-  Program: function(statements, blockParams, strip, locInfo) {
-    this.loc = locInfo;
-    this.type = 'Program';
-    this.body = statements;
-
-    this.blockParams = blockParams;
-    this.strip = strip;
-  },
-
-  MustacheStatement: function(path, params, hash, escaped, strip, locInfo) {
-    this.loc = locInfo;
-    this.type = 'MustacheStatement';
-
-    this.path = path;
-    this.params = params || [];
-    this.hash = hash;
-    this.escaped = escaped;
-
-    this.strip = strip;
-  },
-
-  BlockStatement: function(path, params, hash, program, inverse, openStrip, inverseStrip, closeStrip, locInfo) {
-    this.loc = locInfo;
-    this.type = 'BlockStatement';
-
-    this.path = path;
-    this.params = params || [];
-    this.hash = hash;
-    this.program = program;
-    this.inverse = inverse;
-
-    this.openStrip = openStrip;
-    this.inverseStrip = inverseStrip;
-    this.closeStrip = closeStrip;
-  },
-
-  PartialStatement: function(name, params, hash, strip, locInfo) {
-    this.loc = locInfo;
-    this.type = 'PartialStatement';
-
-    this.name = name;
-    this.params = params || [];
-    this.hash = hash;
-
-    this.indent = '';
-    this.strip = strip;
-  },
-
-  ContentStatement: function(string, locInfo) {
-    this.loc = locInfo;
-    this.type = 'ContentStatement';
-    this.original = this.value = string;
-  },
-
-  CommentStatement: function(comment, strip, locInfo) {
-    this.loc = locInfo;
-    this.type = 'CommentStatement';
-    this.value = comment;
-
-    this.strip = strip;
-  },
-
-  SubExpression: function(path, params, hash, locInfo) {
-    this.loc = locInfo;
-
-    this.type = 'SubExpression';
-    this.path = path;
-    this.params = params || [];
-    this.hash = hash;
-  },
-
-  PathExpression: function(data, depth, parts, original, locInfo) {
-    this.loc = locInfo;
-    this.type = 'PathExpression';
-
-    this.data = data;
-    this.original = original;
-    this.parts = parts;
-    this.depth = depth;
-  },
-
-  StringLiteral: function(string, locInfo) {
-    this.loc = locInfo;
-    this.type = 'StringLiteral';
-    this.original =
-      this.value = string;
-  },
-
-  NumberLiteral: function(number, locInfo) {
-    this.loc = locInfo;
-    this.type = 'NumberLiteral';
-    this.original =
-      this.value = Number(number);
-  },
-
-  BooleanLiteral: function(bool, locInfo) {
-    this.loc = locInfo;
-    this.type = 'BooleanLiteral';
-    this.original =
-      this.value = bool === 'true';
-  },
-
-  UndefinedLiteral: function(locInfo) {
-    this.loc = locInfo;
-    this.type = 'UndefinedLiteral';
-    this.original = this.value = undefined;
-  },
-
-  NullLiteral: function(locInfo) {
-    this.loc = locInfo;
-    this.type = 'NullLiteral';
-    this.original = this.value = null;
-  },
-
-  Hash: function(pairs, locInfo) {
-    this.loc = locInfo;
-    this.type = 'Hash';
-    this.pairs = pairs;
-  },
-  HashPair: function(key, value, locInfo) {
-    this.loc = locInfo;
-    this.type = 'HashPair';
-    this.key = key;
-    this.value = value;
-  },
-
   // Public API used to evaluate derived attributes regarding AST nodes
   helpers: {
     // a mustache is definitely a helper if:

lib/handlebars/compiler/base.js

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import parser from './parser';
-import AST from './ast';
 import WhitespaceControl from './whitespace-control';
 import * as Helpers from './helpers';
 import { extend } from '../utils';
 
 export { parser };
 
 let yy = {};
-extend(yy, Helpers, AST);
+extend(yy, Helpers);
 
 export function parse(input, options) {
   // Just return if an already-compiled AST was passed in.

lib/handlebars/compiler/compiler.js

@@ -514,6 +514,13 @@ function transformLiteralToPath(sexpr) {
     let literal = sexpr.path;
     // Casting to string here to make false and 0 literal values play nicely with the rest
     // of the system.
-    sexpr.path = new AST.PathExpression(false, 0, [literal.original + ''], literal.original + '', literal.loc);
+    sexpr.path = {
+      type: 'PathExpression',
+      data: false,
+      depth: 0,
+      parts: [literal.original + ''],
+      original: literal.original + '',
+      loc: literal.loc
+    };
   }
 }

lib/handlebars/compiler/helpers.js

@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ export function stripComment(comment) {
                 .replace(/-?-?~?\}\}$/, '');
 }
 
-export function preparePath(data, parts, locInfo) {
-  locInfo = this.locInfo(locInfo);
+export function preparePath(data, parts, loc) {
+  loc = this.locInfo(loc);
 
   let original = data ? '@' : '',
       dig = [],
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export function preparePath(data, parts, locInfo) {
 
     if (!isLiteral && (part === '..' || part === '.' || part === 'this')) {
       if (dig.length > 0) {
-        throw new Exception('Invalid path: ' + original, {loc: locInfo});
+        throw new Exception('Invalid path: ' + original, {loc});
       } else if (part === '..') {
         depth++;
         depthString += '../';
@@ -59,15 +59,30 @@ export function preparePath(data, parts, locInfo) {
     }
   }
 
-  return new this.PathExpression(data, depth, dig, original, locInfo);
+  return {
+    type: 'PathExpression',
+    data,
+    depth,
+    parts: dig,
+    original,
+    loc
+  };
 }
 
 export function prepareMustache(path, params, hash, open, strip, locInfo) {
   // Must use charAt to support IE pre-10
   let escapeFlag = open.charAt(3) || open.charAt(2),
       escaped = escapeFlag !== '{' && escapeFlag !== '&';
 
-  return new this.MustacheStatement(path, params, hash, escaped, strip, this.locInfo(locInfo));
+  return {
+    type: 'MustacheStatement',
+    path,
+    params,
+    hash,
+    escaped,
+    strip,
+    loc: this.locInfo(locInfo)
+  };
 }
 
 export function prepareRawBlock(openRawBlock, contents, close, locInfo) {
@@ -78,13 +93,24 @@ export function prepareRawBlock(openRawBlock, contents, close, locInfo) {
   }
 
   locInfo = this.locInfo(locInfo);
-  let program = new this.Program(contents, null, {}, locInfo);
+  let program = {
+    type: 'Program',
+    body: contents,
+    strip: {},
+    loc: locInfo
+  };
 
-  return new this.BlockStatement(
-      openRawBlock.path, openRawBlock.params, openRawBlock.hash,
-      program, undefined,
-      {}, {}, {},
-      locInfo);
+  return {
+    type: 'BlockStatement',
+    path: openRawBlock.path,
+    params: openRawBlock.params,
+    hash: openRawBlock.hash,
+    program,
+    openStrip: {},
+    inverseStrip: {},
+    closeStrip: {},
+    loc: locInfo
+  };
 }
 
 export function prepareBlock(openBlock, program, inverseAndProgram, close, inverted, locInfo) {
@@ -115,11 +141,18 @@ export function prepareBlock(openBlock, program, inverseAndProgram, close, inver
     program = inverted;
   }
 
-  return new this.BlockStatement(
-      openBlock.path, openBlock.params, openBlock.hash,
-      program, inverse,
-      openBlock.strip, inverseStrip, close && close.strip,
-      this.locInfo(locInfo));
+  return {
+    type: 'BlockStatement',
+    path: openBlock.path,
+    params: openBlock.params,
+    hash: openBlock.hash,
+    program,
+    inverse,
+    openStrip: openBlock.strip,
+    inverseStrip,
+    closeStrip: close && close.strip,
+    loc: this.locInfo(locInfo)
+  };
 }
 
 export function prepareProgram(statements, loc) {
@@ -143,7 +176,12 @@ export function prepareProgram(statements, loc) {
     }
   }
 
-  return new this.Program(statements, null, {}, loc);
+  return {
+    type: 'Program',
+    body: statements,
+    strip: {},
+    loc: loc
+  };
 }
 
 

lib/handlebars/compiler/visitor.js

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import Exception from '../exception';
-import AST from './ast';
 
 function Visitor() {
   this.parents = [];
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ Visitor.prototype = {
     let value = this.accept(node[name]);
     if (this.mutating) {
       // Hacky sanity check:
-      if (value && (!value.type || !AST[value.type])) {
+      if (value && typeof value.type !== 'string') {
         throw new Exception('Unexpected node type "' + value.type + '" found when accepting ' + name + ' on ' + node.type);
       }
       node[name] = value;