reduce memory pressure via bit fields (#5203)

lib/ast.js

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ function DEFNODE(type, props, methods, base) {
     if (base && base.PROPS) props = props.concat(base.PROPS);
     var code = [
         "return function AST_", type, "(props){",
+        // not essential, but speeds up compress by a few percent
+        "this._bits=0;",
         "if(props){",
     ];
     props.forEach(function(prop) {
@@ -135,6 +137,52 @@ var AST_Node = DEFNODE("Node", "start end", {
     },
 }, null);
 
+DEF_BITPROPS(AST_Node, [
+    "_optimized",
+    "_squeezed",
+    // AST_Call
+    "call_only",
+    "collapse_scanning",
+    // AST_SymbolRef
+    "defined",
+    "evaluating",
+    "falsy",
+    // AST_SymbolRef
+    "in_arg",
+    // AST_Return
+    "in_bool",
+    // AST_SymbolRef
+    "is_undefined",
+    // AST_LambdaExpression
+    // AST_LambdaDefinition
+    "inlined",
+    // AST_Lambda
+    "length_read",
+    // AST_Yield
+    "nested",
+    // AST_Lambda
+    "new",
+    // AST_Call
+    // AST_PropAccess
+    "optional",
+    // AST_ClassProperty
+    "private",
+    // AST_Call
+    "pure",
+    // AST_Assign
+    "redundant",
+    // AST_ClassProperty
+    "static",
+    // AST_Call
+    // AST_PropAccess
+    "terminal",
+    "truthy",
+    // AST_Scope
+    "uses_eval",
+    // AST_Scope
+    "uses_with",
+]);
+
 (AST_Node.log_function = function(fn, verbose) {
     if (typeof fn != "function") {
         AST_Node.info = AST_Node.warn = noop;
@@ -549,7 +597,7 @@ var AST_Lambda = DEFNODE("Lambda", "argnames length_read rest uses_arguments", {
         argnames: "[(AST_DefaultValue|AST_Destructured|AST_SymbolFunarg)*] array of function arguments and/or destructured literals",
         length_read: "[boolean/S] whether length property of this function is accessed",
         rest: "[(AST_Destructured|AST_SymbolFunarg)?] rest parameter, or null if absent",
-        uses_arguments: "[boolean/S] whether this function accesses the arguments array",
+        uses_arguments: "[boolean|number/S] whether this function accesses the arguments array",
     },
     each_argname: function(visit) {
         var tw = new TreeWalker(function(node) {
@@ -1295,7 +1343,7 @@ var AST_Call = DEFNODE("Call", "args expression optional pure terminal", {
         args: "[AST_Node*] array of arguments",
         expression: "[AST_Node] expression to invoke as function",
         optional: "[boolean] whether the expression is optional chaining",
-        pure: "[string/S] marker for side-effect-free call expression",
+        pure: "[boolean/S] marker for side-effect-free call expression",
         terminal: "[boolean] whether the chain has ended",
     },
     walk: function(visitor) {