refactor(Message): remove stored edit history (#5155)

src/client/Client.js

@@ -459,13 +459,6 @@ class Client extends BaseClient {
     if (typeof options.messageSweepInterval !== 'number' || isNaN(options.messageSweepInterval)) {
       throw new TypeError('CLIENT_INVALID_OPTION', 'messageSweepInterval', 'a number');
     }
-    if (
-      typeof options.messageEditHistoryMaxSize !== 'number' ||
-      isNaN(options.messageEditHistoryMaxSize) ||
-      options.messageEditHistoryMaxSize < -1
-    ) {
-      throw new TypeError('CLIENT_INVALID_OPTION', 'messageEditHistoryMaxSize', 'a number greater than or equal to -1');
-    }
     if (typeof options.fetchAllMembers !== 'boolean') {
       throw new TypeError('CLIENT_INVALID_OPTION', 'fetchAllMembers', 'a boolean');
     }

src/structures/Message.js

@@ -185,13 +185,6 @@ class Message extends Base {
         }
       : null;
 
-    /**
-     * The previous versions of the message, sorted with the most recent first
-     * @type {Message[]}
-     * @private
-     */
-    this._edits = [];
-
     if (this.member && data.member) {
       this.member._patch(data.member);
     } else if (data.member && this.guild && this.author) {
@@ -246,11 +239,6 @@ class Message extends Base {
    */
   patch(data) {
     const clone = this._clone();
-    const { messageEditHistoryMaxSize } = this.client.options;
-    if (messageEditHistoryMaxSize !== 0) {
-      const editsLimit = messageEditHistoryMaxSize === -1 ? Infinity : messageEditHistoryMaxSize;
-      if (this._edits.unshift(clone) > editsLimit) this._edits.pop();
-    }
 
     if ('edited_timestamp' in data) this.editedTimestamp = new Date(data.edited_timestamp).getTime();
     if ('content' in data) this.content = data.content;
@@ -383,18 +371,6 @@ class Message extends Base {
     });
   }
 
-  /**
-   * An array of cached versions of the message, including the current version
-   * Sorted from latest (first) to oldest (last)
-   * @type {Message[]}
-   * @readonly
-   */
-  get edits() {
-    const copy = this._edits.slice();
-    copy.unshift(this);
-    return copy;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Whether the message is editable by the client user
    * @type {boolean}

src/util/Constants.js

@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ const { Error, RangeError } = require('../errors');
  * sweepable (in seconds, 0 for forever)
  * @property {number} [messageSweepInterval=0] How frequently to remove messages from the cache that are older than
  * the message cache lifetime (in seconds, 0 for never)
- * @property {number} [messageEditHistoryMaxSize=-1] Maximum number of previous versions to hold for an edited message
- * (-1 or Infinity for unlimited - don't do this without sweeping, otherwise memory usage may climb indefinitely.)
  * @property {boolean} [fetchAllMembers=false] Whether to cache all guild members and users upon startup, as well as
  * upon joining a guild (should be avoided whenever possible)
  * @property {MessageMentionOptions} [allowedMentions] Default value for {@link MessageOptions#allowedMentions}
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ exports.DefaultOptions = {
   messageCacheMaxSize: 200,
   messageCacheLifetime: 0,
   messageSweepInterval: 0,
-  messageEditHistoryMaxSize: -1,
   fetchAllMembers: false,
   partials: [],
   restWsBridgeTimeout: 5000,

typings/index.d.ts

@@ -951,7 +951,6 @@ declare module 'discord.js' {
 
   export class Message extends Base {
     constructor(client: Client, data: object, channel: TextChannel | DMChannel | NewsChannel);
-    private _edits: Message[];
     private patch(data: object): Message;
 
     public activity: MessageActivity | null;
@@ -968,7 +967,6 @@ declare module 'discord.js' {
     public readonly editable: boolean;
     public readonly editedAt: Date | null;
     public editedTimestamp: number | null;
-    public readonly edits: Message[];
     public embeds: MessageEmbed[];
     public readonly guild: Guild | null;
     public id: Snowflake;
@@ -2332,7 +2330,6 @@ declare module 'discord.js' {
     messageCacheMaxSize?: number;
     messageCacheLifetime?: number;
     messageSweepInterval?: number;
-    messageEditHistoryMaxSize?: number;
     fetchAllMembers?: boolean;
     allowedMentions?: MessageMentionOptions;
     partials?: PartialTypes[];
@@ -3042,15 +3039,13 @@ declare module 'discord.js' {
       | 'pinnable'
       | 'url'
       | 'flags'
-      | 'edits'
       | 'embeds'
     > {
     attachments: Message['attachments'];
     channel: Message['channel'];
     readonly deletable: boolean;
     readonly crosspostable: boolean;
     readonly editable: boolean;
-    readonly edits: Message['edits'];
     embeds: Message['embeds'];
     flags: Message['flags'];
     mentions: Message['mentions'];