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Namespace pollution
Paulus Esterhazy edited this page Dec 21, 2016
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The Google Closure compiler assumes that it owns the global Javascript namespace. When using :optimizations simple
or :optimizations :advanced
, this can cause problems, as the names it chooses for JavaScript functions often collide with those used in JavaScript libraries.
For example, with advanced optimizations, Closure picks two-letter combinations like window.fb
and window.dt
, clobbering functions from popular frameworks. This results in hard-to-trace JavaScript errors. What's more, these problems can appear as the result of unrelated changes, which accidentally influence Closure's naming scheme.
For boot-cljs, the solution is to set the :output-wrapper true
compiler option.
See the Google Closure FAQ item.