Why does pub not include the .dart files in release mode?

Jop V.

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Sep 14, 2016, 11:46:20 AM9/14/16

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https://webdev.dartlang.org/tools/pub/pub-build

Also, in release mode, pub does not include any source .dart files in the resulting build output since they have been compiled to JavaScript. In any other mode, the raw Dart files are included.

I know Google dropped plans to include Dart support in Chrome a long time ago, but in the future a browser might come along that does have Dart support. And then it becomes a performance disadvantages that the .dart files have been thrown away. So why not just include the .dart files? Why would it hurt?

Bob Nystrom

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Sep 14, 2016, 2:00:32 PM9/14/16

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On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 3:52 AM, Jop V. <j...@jopv.net> wrote:

in the future a browser might come along that does have Dart support.

If that happens, we could change pub to include the .dart files at that point.

So why not just include the .dart files? Why would it hurt?

They take up a lot of space and may leak information developers don't want in their deployed application.

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tatumizer-v0.2

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Sep 14, 2016, 2:43:06 PM9/14/16

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> but in the future a browser might come along that does have Dart support

Finally, see another sarcastic poster on this board! Welcome brother!

Don Olmstead

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Sep 14, 2016, 5:51:27 PM9/14/16

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Yea its totally what we need.

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 11:43 AM, tatumizer-v0.2 <tatu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> but in the future a browser might come along that does have Dart support

Finally, see another sarcastic poster on this board! Welcome brother!

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Filipe Morgado

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Sep 14, 2016, 6:09:04 PM9/14/16

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I don't think it's that sarcastic!

If Flutter/Fuchsia are successful, I can easily imagine Chrome running all that app ecosystem (provided there's a Flutter implementation for the web).

Chrome and Fuchsia have apparently a lot of common concepts in their core platforms.

"Runs better in Chrome" could actually be rebranded, this time backed by an actual app market share (unlike NaCL) and still have a JS impl for other browsers.

tatumizer-v0.2

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Sep 14, 2016, 8:35:50 PM9/14/16

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> I don't think it's that sarcastic!

Then sorry. Taking sarcasm back.

There's a very distinct possibility that dart-supporting browser will come along, and having found no .dart files, will go away and never come back.

To prevent this, please start shipping .dart files RIGHT NOW!

Is that what you mean?

Filipe Morgado

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Sep 15, 2016, 6:38:18 AM9/15/16

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I think you know what I mean. You're just abusing sarcasm again.

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