How to prevent Closure Compiler from renaming "true", "false" and "null"

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Published on 2011-01-06T18:51:28Z Indexed on 2011/01/06 19:54 UTC
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Google Closure Compiler renames all "true", "false" and "null" occurences in code like;

var s = true, x = null, V = false;

and uses these shorthands instead; in conditions such as;

if (someVariable == s)

now; Google Analytics code defines it's own "s" variable; overriding the value "true"; and as you can see this causes a lot of problems.

I don't want to change GA code; I just want Closure Compiler to quit renaming true etc. Externs do not work.

Do you know any way to accomplish this?

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