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Babel Parser and Generator: AST Formatting Consistency

Babel operates on a pipeline that converts source code into an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) via the parser and subsequently converts that AST back into code using the generator. While the AST captures the semantic structure of the JavaScript, the process of transpilation is inherently lossy regarding original source formatting. When complex AST transformations

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