release(crates): v0.79.0

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[0.79.0] - 2025-07-30

💥 BREAKING CHANGES

• 5a7e72a semantic: [BREAKING] AstNodes::program return &Program not Option<&Program> (refactor(semantic)!: AstNodes::program return &Program not Option<&Program> #12515) (overlookmotel)

🚀 Features

• 26249cf ast: Add AstKind::ident_reference_is_assigned_to_in_parent method (feat(ast): add AstKind::ident_reference_is_assigned_to_in_parent method #12597) (overlookmotel)
• 106f56f ast: Add MemberExpressionKind::is_assigned_to_in_parent method (feat(ast): add MemberExpressionKind::is_assigned_to_in_parent method #12596) (overlookmotel)
• c763e0e ast: Implement GetAddress for MemberExpressionKind (feat(ast): implement GetAddress for MemberExpressionKind #12593) (overlookmotel)
• 23f7f82 minifier: Remove unused assignment expression (feat(minifier): remove unused assignment expression #12509) (Boshen)
• 515b473 ast: Add as_property method to ObjectPropertyKind to access ObjectProperty if relevent (feat(ast): add as_property method to ObjectPropertyKind to access ObjectProperty if relevent #12495) (camc314)
• b877039 minifier: Inline const variables that are only used once (feat(minifier): inline const variables that are only used once #12488) (Boshen)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• 2f66dd2 transformer/styled-components: Preserve whitespace before interpolations in minification (fix(transformer/styled-components): preserve whitespace before interpolations in minification #12558) (Dunqing)
• 3cdac4c isolated-declarations: Optional parameter property misses undefined type (fix(isolated-declarations): optional parameter property misses undefined type #12579) (Dunqing)
• 4f9cb0b isolated-declarations: Crash when transforming a class with a parameter property in a private constructor (fix(isolated-declarations): crash when transforming a class with a parameter property in a private constructor #12578) (Dunqing)
• fe9c8e1 minifier: Do not remove non-plain empty functions (fix(minifier): do not remove non-plain empty functions #12573) (Boshen)
• 94b06ef ast: Correct logic in Expression::is_call_like_expression (fix(ast): correct logic in Expression::is_call_like_expression #12534) (Dunqing)

🚜 Refactor

• 8717807 napi/oxlint: Make types.js importable (refactor(napi/oxlint): make types.js importable #12581) (overlookmotel)
• a696227 linter: Remove AstKind for SimpleAssignmentTarget (refactor(linter): remove AstKind for SimpleAssignmentTarget #12401) (Tyler Earls)
• 8912134 semantic: Remove AstNodes program field (refactor(semantic): remove AstNodes program field #12516) (overlookmotel)
• 89d747a semantic: Correct comment (refactor(semantic): correct comment #12512) (overlookmotel)
• 5c33fc7 diagnostics: Implement Eq and Ord for InfoPosition (refactor(diagnostics): implement Eq and Ord for InfoPosition #12505) (overlookmotel)
• f0b1f0d napi/oxlint, napi/parser: Remove source length from RawTransferMetadata (refactor(napi/oxlint, napi/parser): remove source length from RawTransferMetadata #12483) (overlookmotel)

⚡ Performance

• ce5d074 diagnostics: Info::new trim string in place (perf(diagnostics): Info::new trim string in place #12506) (overlookmotel)
• 69f8b63 napi/parser, napi/oxlint: Lazy visit: faster check for exit visitor (perf(napi/parser, napi/oxlint): lazy visit: faster check for exit visitor #12496) (overlookmotel)

🎨 Styling

• 977d3ba lexer: Reformat Kind matchers (style(lexer): reformat Kind matchers #12520) (overlookmotel)

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Monitor Oxc

suite	result
Isolated Declarations	❌
(codegen)	❌
(compressor)	❌
(dce)	❌
(transformer)	❌
(whitespace)	❌
(mangler)	❌

[codspeed-hq]

CodSpeed Instrumentation Performance Report

Merging #12600 will not alter performance

_{Comparing release/crates-1753840275 (6daa034) with main (26249cf)}

Summary

✅ 34 untouched benchmarks