diff --git a/src/vector/devcss.ts b/src/vector/devcss.ts index 75ce2b2af2..581a0ad8ba 100644 --- a/src/vector/devcss.ts +++ b/src/vector/devcss.ts @@ -15,15 +15,16 @@ limitations under the License. */ /** - * This code will be autoremoved on production builds. - * The purpose of this code is that the webpack's `string-replace-loader` - * pretty much search for this string in this specific file and replaces it - * like a macro before any previous compilations, which allows us to inject - * some css requires statements that are specific to the themes we have turned - * on by ourselves. Without that very specific workaround, webpack would just - * import all the CSSes, which would make the whole thing useless, as on my - * machine with i9 the recompilation for all themes turned ou would take way - * over 30s, which is definitely too high for nice css reloads speed. + * This code is removed on production builds. + * + * Webpack's `string-replace-loader` searches for the `use theming` string + * in this specific file, and replaces it with CSS requires statements that + * are specific to the themes we have enabled. + * + * Without this workaround, webpack would import the CSS of all themes, which + * would defeat the purpose of hot-reloading since all themes would be compiled, + * which would result in compilation times on the order of 30s, even in a + * powerful machine. * * For more details, see webpack.config.js:184 (string-replace-loader) */