I don't actually have a strong aversion to compilers. I use tools like Babel and Webpack regularly. However, I've seen the types of transformations the Svelte compiler does and they tend to hide complexity, making it harder to trace and debug code at runtime. Source maps can only do so much. It's much harder to debug code that doesn't resemble what you wrote in the first place.
> However, I've seen the types of transformations the Svelte compiler does and they tend to hide complexity, making it harder to trace and debug code at runtime.
Are you saying the original source code hides complexity that is present in the generated code? If so, I guess that's the whole point, but then a runtime framework also hides lots of complexity that your code doesn't have to manage (which, again, is the entire point of using a framework).
> It's much harder to debug code that doesn't resemble what you wrote in the first place.
With a runtime framework, there's lots of code running that isn't your code, which can also make debugging difficult. With Svelte, at least the generated code is fairly straightforward and easy to step through. In many case, I think it's actually easier, not harder to debug.
