fix(core): export validateType

Author: dwightjack

packages/core/__tests__/shim.test.ts

@@ -813,3 +813,14 @@ describe('`fromType()`', () => {
     expect(copy.required).toBe(false)
   })
 })
+
+test('API parity', () => {
+  it('includes all methods from the full build', async () => {
+    const fullBuild = await import('../src/index')
+    const shimBuild = await import('../src/shim')
+
+    expect(Object.keys(shimBuild).sort()).toStrictEqual(
+      Object.keys(fullBuild).sort(),
+    )
+  })
+})

packages/core/src/shim.ts

@@ -204,6 +204,14 @@ export function createTypes(defs: Partial<VueTypesDefaults> = typeDefaults()) {
   }
 }
 
+export function validateType<T, U>(
+  type: T,
+  value: U,
+  silent = false,
+): string | boolean {
+  return true
+}
+
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
   config.silent === false &&

packages/docs/guide/installation.md

@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ For reference, here is the list of available entry points:
 
 Vue.js does not validate components' props when used in a production build. If you're using a bundler such as Webpack or rollup, you can shrink VueTypes file size by around **70%** (minified and gzipped) by removing the validation logic while preserving the library's API methods. To achieve that result, VueTypes ships with a `vue-types/shim` module that can be used as alias in production builds.
 
+::: danger NOTE
+Note that all validation functions in the shim version (including `validateType` and `VueTypes.validate`) always return `true`.
+:::
+
 By just aliasing `vue-types` to `vue-types/shim`, bundlers should be able to pick the module type that fits your configuration (ES, CommonJS, ...).
 
 See below for common configuration scenarios.