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+This is a collection of documentation about babel internals, for use in development of babel.
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+# [Properties of nodes](/doc/node-props.md)
+These are properties babel stores in AST node objects for internal use, as opposed to properties that are part of the AST spec (ESTree at the time of this writing).
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+# Properties of nodes
+These are properties babel stores in AST node objects for internal use, as opposed to properties that are part of the AST spec (ESTree at the time of this writing).
+
+## `_blockHoist`
+`node._blockHoist != null` triggers the [block-hoist transformer](/src/babel/transformation/transformers/internal/block-hoist.js). Value should be `true` or an integer in the range `0..3`. `true` is equivalent to `2`. The value indicates whether the node should be hoisted and to what degree. See the source code for more detailed information.
+
+## `_paths`
+Stores a representation of a node's position in the tree and relationship to other nodes.
+
+## `shadow`
+A truthy value on a function node triggers the [shadow-functions transformer](/src/babel/transformation/transformers/internal/shadow-functions.js), which transforms the node so that it references (or inherits) `arguments` and `this` from the parent scope. It is invoked for arrow functions, for example.