v0.16.6

• Do not mark subpath imports as external with --packages=external (#2741)

  Node has a feature called subpath imports where special import paths that start with # are resolved using the imports field in the package.json file of the enclosing package. The intent of the newly-added --packages=external setting is to exclude a package's dependencies from the bundle. Since a package's subpath imports are only accessible within that package, it's wrong for them to be affected by --packages=external. This release changes esbuild so that --packages=external no longer affects subpath imports.

• Forbid invalid numbers in JSON files

  Previously esbuild parsed numbers in JSON files using the same syntax as JavaScript. But starting from this release, esbuild will now parse them with JSON syntax instead. This means the following numbers are no longer allowed by esbuild in JSON files:

  • Legacy octal literals (non-zero integers starting with 0)
  • The 0b, 0o, and 0x numeric prefixes
  • Numbers containing _ such as 1_000
  • Leading and trailing . such as 0. and .0
  • Numbers with a space after the - such as - 1

• Add external imports to metafile (#905, #1768, #1933, #1939)

  External imports now appear in imports arrays in the metafile (which is present when bundling with metafile: true) next to normal imports, but additionally have external: true to set them apart. This applies both to files in the inputs section and the outputs section. Here's an example:

   {
     "inputs": {
       "style.css": {
         "bytes": 83,
         "imports": [
  +        {
  +          "path": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css",
  +          "kind": "import-rule",
  +          "external": true
  +        }
         ]
       },
       "app.js": {
         "bytes": 100,
         "imports": [
  +        {
  +          "path": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js",
  +          "kind": "import-statement",
  +          "external": true
  +        },
           {
             "path": "style.css",
             "kind": "import-statement"
           }
         ]
       }
     },
     "outputs": {
       "out/app.js": {
         "imports": [
  +        {
  +          "path": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js",
  +          "kind": "require-call",
  +          "external": true
  +        }
         ],
         "exports": [],
         "entryPoint": "app.js",
         "cssBundle": "out/app.css",
         "inputs": {
           "app.js": {
             "bytesInOutput": 113
           },
           "style.css": {
             "bytesInOutput": 0
           }
         },
         "bytes": 528
       },
       "out/app.css": {
         "imports": [
  +        {
  +          "path": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css",
  +          "kind": "import-rule",
  +          "external": true
  +        }
         ],
         "inputs": {
           "style.css": {
             "bytesInOutput": 0
           }
         },
         "bytes": 100
       }
     }
   }

  One additional useful consequence of this is that the imports array is now populated when bundling is disabled. So you can now use esbuild with bundling disabled to inspect a file's imports.