How can I set the language_in option for the Closure compiler?

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Elisabeth picture Elisabeth · Nov 7, 2012 · Viewed 13.2k times · Source

I need to set the language_in option on the Closure compiler to prevent the IE8 parse error:

ERROR - Parse error. IE8 (and below) will parse trailing commas in array and object literals incorrectly. If you are targeting newer versions of JS, set the appropriate language_in option.

I did find a post in the closure group relating to this, however, the option is set directly on the java compiler, rather than through one of the build scripts. I need to be able to set it on a build script.

I'm looking at the scripts in closure/bin/build/ and there are several there. I tried adding the option to closure builder, but it failed.

Can someone direct me about how to set this option correctly?

Thank you.

Answer

Christopher Peisert picture Christopher Peisert · Nov 7, 2012

Run the Closure Compiler Application with the --help flag to see a description of each flag. 

java -jar compiler.jar --help

CommandLineRunner defines the set of allowed values for --language_in:

--language_in
Sets what language spec that input sources conform.
Options: ECMASCRIPT3, ECMASCRIPT5, ECMASCRIPT5_STRICT, ECMASCRIPT6_TYPED (experimental), ECMASCRIPT_2015, ECMASCRIPT_2016, ECMASCRIPT_2017, ECMASCRIPT_NEXT

The LanguageMode enum has a bit more detail about these values.

Using Closure Builder, the --language_in flag would be passed as an argument to
--compiler_flags as in:

--compiler_flags="--language_in=ECMASCRIPT5"

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