fix: omit unnecessary nullish coallescing in template expressions

.changeset/cuddly-walls-pretend.md

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+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: omit unnecessary nullish coallescing in template expressions

packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/utils.js

@@ -119,7 +119,22 @@ export function build_template_chunk(
 				// extra work in the template_effect (instead we do the work in set_text).
 				return { value, has_state };
 			} else {
-				expressions.push(b.logical('??', value, b.literal('')));
+				let expression = value;
+				// only add nullish coallescence if it hasn't been added already
+				if (value.type === 'LogicalExpression' && value.operator === '??') {
+					const { right } = value;
+					// `undefined` isn't a Literal (due to pre-ES5 shenanigans), so the only nullish literal is `null`
+					// however, you _can_ make a variable called `undefined` in a Svelte component, so we can't just treat it the same way
+					if (right.type !== 'Literal') {
+						expression = b.logical('??', value, b.literal(''));
+					} else if (right.value === null) {
+						// if they do something weird like `stuff ?? null`, replace `null` with empty string
+						value.right = b.literal('');
+					}
+				} else {
+					expression = b.logical('??', value, b.literal(''));
+				}
+				expressions.push(expression);
 			}
 
 			quasi = b.quasi('', i + 1 === values.length);

packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/nullish-coallescence-omittance/_config.js

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+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({});

packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/nullish-coallescence-omittance/_expected/client/index.svelte.js

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+import 'svelte/internal/disclose-version';
+import * as $ from 'svelte/internal/client';
+
+var on_click = (_, count) => $.update(count);
+var root = $.template(`<h1></h1> <b></b> <button> </button> <h1></h1>`, 1);
+
+export default function Nullish_coallescence_omittance($$anchor) {
+	let name = 'world';
+	let count = $.state(0);
+	var fragment = root();
+	var h1 = $.first_child(fragment);
+
+	h1.textContent = `Hello, ${name ?? ''}!`;
+
+	var b = $.sibling(h1, 2);
+
+	b.textContent = `${1 ?? 'stuff'}${2 ?? 'more stuff'}${3 ?? 'even more stuff'}`;
+
+	var button = $.sibling(b, 2);
+
+	button.__click = [on_click, count];
+
+	var text = $.child(button);
+
+	$.reset(button);
+
+	var h1_1 = $.sibling(button, 2);
+
+	h1_1.textContent = `Hello, ${name ?? 'earth' ?? ''}`;
+	$.template_effect(() => $.set_text(text, `Count is ${$.get(count) ?? ''}`));
+	$.append($$anchor, fragment);
+}
+
+$.delegate(['click']);

packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/nullish-coallescence-omittance/_expected/server/index.svelte.js

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+import * as $ from 'svelte/internal/server';
+
+export default function Nullish_coallescence_omittance($$payload) {
+	let name = 'world';
+	let count = 0;
+
+	$$payload.out += `<h1>Hello, ${$.escape(name)}!</h1> <b>${$.escape(1 ?? 'stuff')}${$.escape(2 ?? 'more stuff')}${$.escape(3 ?? 'even more stuff')}</b> <button>Count is ${$.escape(count)}</button> <h1>Hello, ${$.escape(name ?? 'earth' ?? null)}</h1>`;
+}

packages/svelte/tests/snapshot/samples/nullish-coallescence-omittance/index.svelte

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+<script>
+    let name = 'world';
+    let count = $state(0);
+</script>
+<h1>Hello, {null}{name}!</h1>
+<b>{1 ?? 'stuff'}{2 ?? 'more stuff'}{3 ?? 'even more stuff'}</b>
+<button onclick={()=>count++}>Count is {count}</button>
+<h1>Hello, {name ?? 'earth' ?? null}</h1>