Update dependency webpack to v5.42.0

This MR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Adoption	Passing	Confidence
webpack	5.38.1 -> 5.42.0

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Release Notes

webpack/webpack

v5.42.0

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Features

• add cache compression via cache.compression
• enable cache compression by default for non-development modes

Bugfixes

• add node-commonjs to schema for externalsType
• update acorn to fix problems with top level await
• fix regression for system externals

Performance

• fix a memory leak in the unsafe cache

v5.41.1

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Bugfixes

• add missing types about experimental esm support to schema
• avoid slicing large Buffers as that doesn't always work for unknown reasons

Performance

• avoid slicing Buffers unnecessarily

v5.41.0

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Features

• Persist cache faster when large changes are detected
  • new option cache.idleTimeoutAfterLargeChanges to control that

Bugfixes

• shutdown lazy compilation server correctly

Experiments

• EcmaScript modules support (experiments.outputModule: true)
  • output.library.type: "module": very basic support, no live bindings, unnecessary runtime code
  • output.chunkLoading: "import"
  • output.chunkFormat: "module"
  • externalsType: "module" generates now import * as X from "..." (in a module) or import("...") (in a script)
  • Node.js commonjs externals use import { createRequire } from "module" in a module
  • new Worker etc. sets `type: "module"

v5.40.0

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Features

• accept node: prefixed requests as node.js externals
• avoid instanceof Promise in favor of p && typeof p.then === "function" to allow mixing different Promise implementions

Bugfixes

• fix usage analysis of class properties

Performance

• improve LazySet memory usage by shortcircuiting empty sets
• reduce algorithmic complexity of the structure analysis for plain objects serialization

Developer Experience

• allow Buffer in this.emitFile typings (loader context)
• improve reset cli argument description

v5.39.1

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Bugfixes

• reduce memory usage and fix memory leaks

v5.39.0

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Features

• allow lazy compilation for import() context (import with expression)

Bugfixes

• fix respecting cache.allowCollectingMemory
• fix cli loading after installing it
• fix initial list of non-js chunks that are flagged as already loaded

Performance

• remove unnecessary Error.captureStackTrace from webpack errors

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