{
  "context": "This criteria evaluates how effectively the engineer uses Babel's static analysis and AST manipulation capabilities to implement a dead code elimination plugin. The focus is on proper usage of path.evaluate() for compile-time evaluation, AST node type checking, and AST node replacement operations.",
  "type": "weighted_checklist",
  "checklist": [
    {
      "name": "Visitor pattern usage",
      "description": "Implements a Babel plugin that returns an object with a visitor property containing an IfStatement visitor method to traverse and analyze if statements",
      "max_score": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "Path evaluation API",
      "description": "Uses path.evaluate() or path.get('test').evaluate() to perform compile-time evaluation of the conditional expression in if statements",
      "max_score": 25
    },
    {
      "name": "Evaluation confidence check",
      "description": "Checks the confidence property of the evaluation result (e.g., result.confident) to determine if the expression can be safely evaluated at compile time",
      "max_score": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "True condition handling",
      "description": "When condition evaluates to true, uses path.replaceWithMultiple() or path.replaceWith() with the consequent block's body to replace the if statement with only the consequent statements",
      "max_score": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "False condition handling",
      "description": "When condition evaluates to false, either removes the if statement using path.remove() (if no else branch) or replaces it with the alternate branch body using path.replaceWithMultiple() or path.replaceWith()",
      "max_score": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "Block statement handling",
      "description": "Correctly extracts statements from BlockStatement nodes by accessing the body property (e.g., path.node.consequent.body) when replacing the if statement",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "Type checking utilities",
      "description": "Uses @babel/types functions such as t.isBlockStatement() or node.type checking to validate AST node types before manipulation",
      "max_score": 5
    }
  ]
}