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This commit introduces 4 changes:
1) Function declarations are wrapped using function declarations.
This has two advantages:
- We can rely on native hoisting, instead of using _blockHoist
- The function isn't wrapped until it is called. This avoids
problems where `regeneratorRuntime.wrap` was called before
that `babel-polyfill` was imported.
Example:
function fn() {}
// becomes
function fn() { return _fn.apply(this, arguments); }
function _fn() {
_fn = _wrapper(/* Original function ... */);
return _fn.apply(this, arguments);
}
2) Use a single template for both named and anonymous function
expressions. They already had the same behavior, but the one
used for named functions was a bit longer.
3) Use normal functions instead of arrow functions to wrap
function expressions.
4) Generate a name based on the original one for wrapped
functions (e.g. `foo` becomes `_foo` instead of `_ref`).
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