One of the first assumptions in this discussion is that “Star imports prevent
treeshaking”
But thinking about it, I don’t see why tools cannot transform
```js
import * as L from './lib';
console.log(L.foo, L.bar());
```
To
```js
import {foo as $$generated$$1$$foo$$, bar as $$generated$$1$$bar$$} from
'./lib';
console.log($$generated$$1$$foo$$, $$generated$$1$$bar$$());
```
And then apply tree-shaking. As long as the code doesn’t contain something like
`Object.keys(L)` it should be fine.
At least that’s for the concept, maybe tools have better ways to do it.
So I tried, webpack 3 + babel 7 beta. And it works. A very big function I put
inside my lib.js only get exported if I use `Object.keys(L)`
With treeshaking working with star imports, are there still benefits of the
proposed syntax?
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