For JSX text, construct a single literal node "foo bar" instead of "foo" + " " + "bar".

src/compiler/transformers/jsx.ts

@@ -151,28 +151,29 @@ namespace ts {
             }
         }
 
-        function visitJsxText(node: JsxText) {
+        function visitJsxText(node: JsxText): StringLiteral | undefined {
-            const text = getTextOfNode(node, /*includeTrivia*/ true);
+            const fixed = fixupWhitespaceAndDecodeEntities(getTextOfNode(node, /*includeTrivia*/ true));
-            let parts: Expression[];
+            return fixed !== undefined && createLiteral(fixed);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * JSX trims whitespace at the end and beginning of lines, except that the
+         * start/end of a tag is considered a start/end of a line only if that line is
+         * on the same line as the closing tag. See examples in
+         * tests/cases/conformance/jsx/tsxReactEmitWhitespace.tsx
+         * See also https://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/text.html#h-9.1 and https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/text.html#white-space-model
+         */
+        function fixupWhitespaceAndDecodeEntities(text: string): string | undefined {
+            let acc: string | undefined;
             let firstNonWhitespace = 0;
             let lastNonWhitespace = -1;
 
-            // JSX trims whitespace at the end and beginning of lines, except that the
-            // start/end of a tag is considered a start/end of a line only if that line is
-            // on the same line as the closing tag. See examples in
-            // tests/cases/conformance/jsx/tsxReactEmitWhitespace.tsx
             for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
                 const c = text.charCodeAt(i);
                 if (isLineBreak(c)) {
                     if (firstNonWhitespace !== -1 && (lastNonWhitespace - firstNonWhitespace + 1 > 0)) {
-                        const part = text.substr(firstNonWhitespace, lastNonWhitespace - firstNonWhitespace + 1);
+                        const part = decodeEntities(text.substr(firstNonWhitespace, lastNonWhitespace - firstNonWhitespace + 1));
-                        if (!parts) {
+                        acc = acc === undefined ? part : acc + " " + part;
-                            parts = [];
-                        }
-
-                        // We do not escape the string here as that is handled by the printer
-                        // when it emits the literal. We do, however, need to decode JSX entities.
-                        parts.push(createLiteral(decodeEntities(part)));
                     }
 
                     firstNonWhitespace = -1;
@@ -186,28 +187,12 @@ namespace ts {
             }
 
             if (firstNonWhitespace !== -1) {
-                const part = text.substr(firstNonWhitespace);
+                const lastPart = decodeEntities(text.substr(firstNonWhitespace));
-                if (!parts) {
+                return acc ? acc + lastPart : lastPart;
-                    parts = [];
-                }
-
-                // We do not escape the string here as that is handled by the printer
-                // when it emits the literal. We do, however, need to decode JSX entities.
-                parts.push(createLiteral(decodeEntities(part)));
             }
-
+            else {
-            if (parts) {
+                return acc;
-                return reduceLeft(parts, aggregateJsxTextParts);
             }
-
-            return undefined;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Aggregates two expressions by interpolating them with a whitespace literal.
-         */
-        function aggregateJsxTextParts(left: Expression, right: Expression) {
-            return createAdd(createAdd(left, createLiteral(" ")), right);
         }
 
         /**

tests/baselines/reference/tsxReactEmitWhitespace.js

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var p = 0;
 <div>   
    </div>;
 
-// Emit "foo" + ' ' + "bar"
+// Emit "foo bar"
 <div>  
 
    foo
@@ -75,5 +75,5 @@ React.createElement("div", null, "  3  ");
 React.createElement("div", null, "3");
 // Emit no args
 React.createElement("div", null);
-// Emit "foo" + ' ' + "bar"
+// Emit "foo bar"
-React.createElement("div", null, "foo" + " " + "bar");
+React.createElement("div", null, "foo bar");

tests/baselines/reference/tsxReactEmitWhitespace.symbols

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ var p = 0;
    </div>;
 >div : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements, Decl(file.tsx, 1, 22))
 
-// Emit "foo" + ' ' + "bar"
+// Emit "foo bar"
 <div>  
 >div : Symbol(JSX.IntrinsicElements, Decl(file.tsx, 1, 22))
 

tests/baselines/reference/tsxReactEmitWhitespace.types

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ var p = 0;
    </div>;
 >div : any
 
-// Emit "foo" + ' ' + "bar"
+// Emit "foo bar"
 <div>  
 ><div>     foo bar     </div> : JSX.Element
 >div : any

tests/cases/conformance/jsx/tsxReactEmitWhitespace.tsx

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var p = 0;
 <div>   
    </div>;
 
-// Emit "foo" + ' ' + "bar"
+// Emit "foo bar"
 <div>  
 
    foo