Angular4: Component.name doesn't work on production

Question

So I\'ve been facing this weird issue but I\'m not sure if it\'s a bug or it\'s me missing something here.
So I have a component called TestComponent and in

Answer 1

Function name contains actual function name. If the function is minified to one-letter name, it loses its original name. It should never be relied on in applications that can possibly be minified at some point i.e. every client-side application. There may be exceptions for Node.js.

name is read-only in some browsers and and thus can't be overwritten. If a class needs identifier, it should be specified explicitly under different name:

class Foo {
  static id = 'Foo';
  ...
}

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