feat: add simple expression-evaluator package#326
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This PR introduces a new package
@tokey/expression-evaluator- a safe, AST-based expression evaluator that uses a restricted parser instead ofeval()ornew Function(). Designed for evaluating user-facing conditional expressions (e.g. show/hide rules) against a known context object, with built-in security restrictions.Supported expressions
null,undefinedelement.tag,declaration.property===,!==,==,!=,>,<,>=,<=&&,||,!— with short-circuit evaluation.includes():['a', 'b'].includes(element.tag)(a === 'x') && (b > 1)Security
window,document,globalThis, and Object prototype properties (constructor,__proto__,toString).includes()on arrays - no other methods permittedAPI
compileExpression(expr): parse once, evaluate many timessafeEvaluateExpression(expr, context): evaluate once, returnsfalseon any errorvalidateExpressionSyntax(expr): syntax check only, returnsnullif valid