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Function getPath
has a Cognitive Complexity of 8 (exceeds 5 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
function getPath(node, id){
if (
node.hasOwnProperty('$')
&& node['$'].hasOwnProperty('ID')
&& node['$']['ID'] === id) return [node];
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Cognitive Complexity
Cognitive Complexity is a measure of how difficult a unit of code is to intuitively understand. Unlike Cyclomatic Complexity, which determines how difficult your code will be to test, Cognitive Complexity tells you how difficult your code will be to read and comprehend.
A method's cognitive complexity is based on a few simple rules:
- Code is not considered more complex when it uses shorthand that the language provides for collapsing multiple statements into one
- Code is considered more complex for each "break in the linear flow of the code"
- Code is considered more complex when "flow breaking structures are nested"
Further reading
Function checkTasksPrompt
has 5 arguments (exceeds 4 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
function checkTasksPrompt(message, tasks, tree, rows, callback) {
Function removeCommonPrefixes
has a Cognitive Complexity of 6 (exceeds 5 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
function removeCommonPrefixes(lines, symbol){
const result = lines.slice(); //sort().slice(); #
for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++){
for (let j = i+1; j < lines.length; j++){
const prefix = _commonPrefixLength(lines[i], lines[j]);
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Cognitive Complexity
Cognitive Complexity is a measure of how difficult a unit of code is to intuitively understand. Unlike Cyclomatic Complexity, which determines how difficult your code will be to test, Cognitive Complexity tells you how difficult your code will be to read and comprehend.
A method's cognitive complexity is based on a few simple rules:
- Code is not considered more complex when it uses shorthand that the language provides for collapsing multiple statements into one
- Code is considered more complex for each "break in the linear flow of the code"
- Code is considered more complex when "flow breaking structures are nested"
Further reading
Function _commonPrefixLength
has a Cognitive Complexity of 6 (exceeds 5 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
function _commonPrefixLength(str1, str2){
let i = 0;
for(i = 0; i < Math.min(str1.length, str2.length); i++){
if (str1[i] != str2[i]) break;
}
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Cognitive Complexity
Cognitive Complexity is a measure of how difficult a unit of code is to intuitively understand. Unlike Cyclomatic Complexity, which determines how difficult your code will be to test, Cognitive Complexity tells you how difficult your code will be to read and comprehend.
A method's cognitive complexity is based on a few simple rules:
- Code is not considered more complex when it uses shorthand that the language provides for collapsing multiple statements into one
- Code is considered more complex for each "break in the linear flow of the code"
- Code is considered more complex when "flow breaking structures are nested"
Further reading
Expected '===' and instead saw '=='. Open
if (str1[i] == " ") break;
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Require === and !== (eqeqeq)
It is considered good practice to use the type-safe equality operators ===
and !==
instead of their regular counterparts ==
and !=
.
The reason for this is that ==
and !=
do type coercion which follows the rather obscure Abstract Equality Comparison Algorithm.
For instance, the following statements are all considered true
:
[] == false
[] == ![]
3 == "03"
If one of those occurs in an innocent-looking statement such as a == b
the actual problem is very difficult to spot.
Rule Details
This rule is aimed at eliminating the type-unsafe equality operators.
Examples of incorrect code for this rule:
/*eslint eqeqeq: "error"*/
if (x == 42) { }
if ("" == text) { }
if (obj.getStuff() != undefined) { }
The --fix
option on the command line automatically fixes some problems reported by this rule. A problem is only fixed if one of the operands is a typeof
expression, or if both operands are literals with the same type.
Options
always
The "always"
option (default) enforces the use of ===
and !==
in every situation (except when you opt-in to more specific handling of null
[see below]).
Examples of incorrect code for the "always"
option:
/*eslint eqeqeq: ["error", "always"]*/
a == b
foo == true
bananas != 1
value == undefined
typeof foo == 'undefined'
'hello' != 'world'
0 == 0
true == true
foo == null
Examples of correct code for the "always"
option:
/*eslint eqeqeq: ["error", "always"]*/
a === b
foo === true
bananas !== 1
value === undefined
typeof foo === 'undefined'
'hello' !== 'world'
0 === 0
true === true
foo === null
This rule optionally takes a second argument, which should be an object with the following supported properties:
-
"null"
: Customize how this rule treatsnull
literals. Possible values:-
always
(default) - Always use === or !==. -
never
- Never use === or !== withnull
. -
ignore
- Do not apply this rule tonull
.
-
smart
The "smart"
option enforces the use of ===
and !==
except for these cases:
- Comparing two literal values
- Evaluating the value of
typeof
- Comparing against
null
Examples of incorrect code for the "smart"
option:
/*eslint eqeqeq: ["error", "smart"]*/
// comparing two variables requires ===
a == b
// only one side is a literal
foo == true
bananas != 1
// comparing to undefined requires ===
value == undefined
Examples of correct code for the "smart"
option:
/*eslint eqeqeq: ["error", "smart"]*/
typeof foo == 'undefined'
'hello' != 'world'
0 == 0
true == true
foo == null
allow-null
Deprecated: Instead of using this option use "always" and pass a "null" option property with value "ignore". This will tell eslint to always enforce strict equality except when comparing with the null
literal.
["error", "always", {"null": "ignore"}]
When Not To Use It
If you don't want to enforce a style for using equality operators, then it's safe to disable this rule. Source: http://eslint.org/docs/rules/
Expected '!==' and instead saw '!='. Open
if (str1[i] != str2[i]) break;
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Require === and !== (eqeqeq)
It is considered good practice to use the type-safe equality operators ===
and !==
instead of their regular counterparts ==
and !=
.
The reason for this is that ==
and !=
do type coercion which follows the rather obscure Abstract Equality Comparison Algorithm.
For instance, the following statements are all considered true
:
[] == false
[] == ![]
3 == "03"
If one of those occurs in an innocent-looking statement such as a == b
the actual problem is very difficult to spot.
Rule Details
This rule is aimed at eliminating the type-unsafe equality operators.
Examples of incorrect code for this rule:
/*eslint eqeqeq: "error"*/
if (x == 42) { }
if ("" == text) { }
if (obj.getStuff() != undefined) { }
The --fix
option on the command line automatically fixes some problems reported by this rule. A problem is only fixed if one of the operands is a typeof
expression, or if both operands are literals with the same type.
Options
always
The "always"
option (default) enforces the use of ===
and !==
in every situation (except when you opt-in to more specific handling of null
[see below]).
Examples of incorrect code for the "always"
option:
/*eslint eqeqeq: ["error", "always"]*/
a == b
foo == true
bananas != 1
value == undefined
typeof foo == 'undefined'
'hello' != 'world'
0 == 0
true == true
foo == null
Examples of correct code for the "always"
option:
/*eslint eqeqeq: ["error", "always"]*/
a === b
foo === true
bananas !== 1
value === undefined
typeof foo === 'undefined'
'hello' !== 'world'
0 === 0
true === true
foo === null
This rule optionally takes a second argument, which should be an object with the following supported properties:
-
"null"
: Customize how this rule treatsnull
literals. Possible values:-
always
(default) - Always use === or !==. -
never
- Never use === or !== withnull
. -
ignore
- Do not apply this rule tonull
.
-
smart
The "smart"
option enforces the use of ===
and !==
except for these cases:
- Comparing two literal values
- Evaluating the value of
typeof
- Comparing against
null
Examples of incorrect code for the "smart"
option:
/*eslint eqeqeq: ["error", "smart"]*/
// comparing two variables requires ===
a == b
// only one side is a literal
foo == true
bananas != 1
// comparing to undefined requires ===
value == undefined
Examples of correct code for the "smart"
option:
/*eslint eqeqeq: ["error", "smart"]*/
typeof foo == 'undefined'
'hello' != 'world'
0 == 0
true == true
foo == null
allow-null
Deprecated: Instead of using this option use "always" and pass a "null" option property with value "ignore". This will tell eslint to always enforce strict equality except when comparing with the null
literal.
["error", "always", {"null": "ignore"}]
When Not To Use It
If you don't want to enforce a style for using equality operators, then it's safe to disable this rule. Source: http://eslint.org/docs/rules/
Expected return with your callback function. Open
callback(root);
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Enforce Return After Callback (callback-return)
The callback pattern is at the heart of most I/O and event-driven programming in JavaScript.
function doSomething(err, callback) {
if (err) {
return callback(err);
}
callback();
}
To prevent calling the callback multiple times it is important to return
anytime the callback is triggered outside
of the main function body. Neglecting this technique often leads to issues where you do something more than once.
For example, in the case of an HTTP request, you may try to send HTTP headers more than once leading Node.js to throw
a Can't render headers after they are sent to the client.
error.
Rule Details
This rule is aimed at ensuring that callbacks used outside of the main function block are always part-of or immediately
preceding a return
statement. This rule decides what is a callback based on the name of the function being called.
Options
The rule takes a single option - an array of possible callback names - which may include object methods. The default callback names are callback
, cb
, next
.
Default callback names
Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the default ["callback", "cb", "next"]
option:
/*eslint callback-return: "error"*/
function foo(err, callback) {
if (err) {
callback(err);
}
callback();
}
Examples of correct code for this rule with the default ["callback", "cb", "next"]
option:
/*eslint callback-return: "error"*/
function foo(err, callback) {
if (err) {
return callback(err);
}
callback();
}
Supplied callback names
Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the option ["done", "send.error", "send.success"]
:
/*eslint callback-return: ["error", ["done", "send.error", "send.success"]]*/
function foo(err, done) {
if (err) {
done(err);
}
done();
}
function bar(err, send) {
if (err) {
send.error(err);
}
send.success();
}
Examples of correct code for this rule with the option ["done", "send.error", "send.success"]
:
/*eslint callback-return: ["error", ["done", "send.error", "send.success"]]*/
function foo(err, done) {
if (err) {
return done(err);
}
done();
}
function bar(err, send) {
if (err) {
return send.error(err);
}
send.success();
}
Known Limitations
Because it is difficult to understand the meaning of a program through static analysis, this rule has limitations:
- false negatives when this rule reports correct code, but the program calls the callback more than one time (which is incorrect behavior)
- false positives when this rule reports incorrect code, but the program calls the callback only one time (which is correct behavior)
Passing the callback by reference
The static analysis of this rule does not detect that the program calls the callback if it is an argument of a function (for example, setTimeout
).
Example of a false negative when this rule reports correct code:
/*eslint callback-return: "error"*/
function foo(err, callback) {
if (err) {
setTimeout(callback, 0); // this is bad, but WILL NOT warn
}
callback();
}
Triggering the callback within a nested function
The static analysis of this rule does not detect that the program calls the callback from within a nested function or an immediately-invoked function expression (IIFE).
Example of a false negative when this rule reports correct code:
/*eslint callback-return: "error"*/
function foo(err, callback) {
if (err) {
process.nextTick(function() {
return callback(); // this is bad, but WILL NOT warn
});
}
callback();
}
If/else statements
The static analysis of this rule does not detect that the program calls the callback only one time in each branch of an if
statement.
Example of a false positive when this rule reports incorrect code:
/*eslint callback-return: "error"*/
function foo(err, callback) {
if (err) {
callback(err); // this is fine, but WILL warn
} else {
callback(); // this is fine, but WILL warn
}
}
When Not To Use It
There are some cases where you might want to call a callback function more than once. In those cases this rule may lead to incorrect behavior. In those cases you may want to reserve a special name for those callbacks and not include that in the list of callbacks that trigger warnings.
Further Reading
Related Rules
- [handle-callback-err](handle-callback-err.md) Source: http://eslint.org/docs/rules/
Unnecessary semicolon. Open
};
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disallow unnecessary semicolons (no-extra-semi)
Typing mistakes and misunderstandings about where semicolons are required can lead to semicolons that are unnecessary. While not technically an error, extra semicolons can cause confusion when reading code.
Rule Details
This rule disallows unnecessary semicolons.
Examples of incorrect code for this rule:
/*eslint no-extra-semi: "error"*/
var x = 5;;
function foo() {
// code
};
Examples of correct code for this rule:
/*eslint no-extra-semi: "error"*/
var x = 5;
var foo = function() {
// code
};
When Not To Use It
If you intentionally use extra semicolons then you can disable this rule.
Related Rules
- [semi](semi.md)
- [semi-spacing](semi-spacing.md) Source: http://eslint.org/docs/rules/
Unexpected require(). Open
const path = require('path');
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Enforce require() on the top-level module scope (global-require)
In Node.js, module dependencies are included using the require()
function, such as:
var fs = require("fs");
While require()
may be called anywhere in code, some style guides prescribe that it should be called only in the top level of a module to make it easier to identify dependencies. For instance, it's arguably harder to identify dependencies when they are deeply nested inside of functions and other statements:
function foo() {
if (condition) {
var fs = require("fs");
}
}
Since require()
does a synchronous load, it can cause performance problems when used in other locations.
Further, ES6 modules mandate that import
and export
statements can only occur in the top level of the module's body.
Rule Details
This rule requires all calls to require()
to be at the top level of the module, similar to ES6 import
and export
statements, which also can occur only at the top level.
Examples of incorrect code for this rule:
/*eslint global-require: "error"*/
/*eslint-env es6*/
// calling require() inside of a function is not allowed
function readFile(filename, callback) {
var fs = require('fs');
fs.readFile(filename, callback)
}
// conditional requires like this are also not allowed
if (DEBUG) { require('debug'); }
// a require() in a switch statement is also flagged
switch(x) { case '1': require('1'); break; }
// you may not require() inside an arrow function body
var getModule = (name) => require(name);
// you may not require() inside of a function body as well
function getModule(name) { return require(name); }
// you may not require() inside of a try/catch block
try {
require(unsafeModule);
} catch(e) {
console.log(e);
}
Examples of correct code for this rule:
/*eslint global-require: "error"*/
// all these variations of require() are ok
require('x');
var y = require('y');
var z;
z = require('z').initialize();
// requiring a module and using it in a function is ok
var fs = require('fs');
function readFile(filename, callback) {
fs.readFile(filename, callback)
}
// you can use a ternary to determine which module to require
var logger = DEBUG ? require('dev-logger') : require('logger');
// if you want you can require() at the end of your module
function doSomethingA() {}
function doSomethingB() {}
var x = require("x"),
z = require("z");
When Not To Use It
If you have a module that must be initialized with information that comes from the file-system or if a module is only used in very rare situations and will cause significant overhead to load it may make sense to disable the rule. If you need to require()
an optional dependency inside of a try
/catch
, you can disable this rule for just that dependency using the // eslint-disable-line global-require
comment.
Source: http://eslint.org/docs/rules/
Don't use process.exit(); throw an error instead. Open
process.exit(-1);
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Disallow process.exit() (no-process-exit)
The process.exit()
method in Node.js is used to immediately stop the Node.js process and exit. This is a dangerous operation because it can occur in any method at any point in time, potentially stopping a Node.js application completely when an error occurs. For example:
if (somethingBadHappened) {
console.error("Something bad happened!");
process.exit(1);
}
This code could appear in any module and will stop the entire application when somethingBadHappened
is truthy. This doesn't give the application any chance to respond to the error. It's usually better to throw an error and allow the application to handle it appropriately:
if (somethingBadHappened) {
throw new Error("Something bad happened!");
}
By throwing an error in this way, other parts of the application have an opportunity to handle the error rather than stopping the application altogether. If the error bubbles all the way up to the process without being handled, then the process will exit and a non-zero exit code will returned, so the end result is the same.
Rule Details
This rule aims to prevent the use of process.exit()
in Node.js JavaScript. As such, it warns whenever process.exit()
is found in code.
Examples of incorrect code for this rule:
/*eslint no-process-exit: "error"*/
process.exit(1);
process.exit(0);
Examples of correct code for this rule:
/*eslint no-process-exit: "error"*/
Process.exit();
var exit = process.exit;
When Not To Use It
There may be a part of a Node.js application that is responsible for determining the correct exit code to return upon exiting. In that case, you should turn this rule off to allow proper handling of the exit code. Source: http://eslint.org/docs/rules/
Unexpected require(). Open
return require(path.join(root, 'package.json'));
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Enforce require() on the top-level module scope (global-require)
In Node.js, module dependencies are included using the require()
function, such as:
var fs = require("fs");
While require()
may be called anywhere in code, some style guides prescribe that it should be called only in the top level of a module to make it easier to identify dependencies. For instance, it's arguably harder to identify dependencies when they are deeply nested inside of functions and other statements:
function foo() {
if (condition) {
var fs = require("fs");
}
}
Since require()
does a synchronous load, it can cause performance problems when used in other locations.
Further, ES6 modules mandate that import
and export
statements can only occur in the top level of the module's body.
Rule Details
This rule requires all calls to require()
to be at the top level of the module, similar to ES6 import
and export
statements, which also can occur only at the top level.
Examples of incorrect code for this rule:
/*eslint global-require: "error"*/
/*eslint-env es6*/
// calling require() inside of a function is not allowed
function readFile(filename, callback) {
var fs = require('fs');
fs.readFile(filename, callback)
}
// conditional requires like this are also not allowed
if (DEBUG) { require('debug'); }
// a require() in a switch statement is also flagged
switch(x) { case '1': require('1'); break; }
// you may not require() inside an arrow function body
var getModule = (name) => require(name);
// you may not require() inside of a function body as well
function getModule(name) { return require(name); }
// you may not require() inside of a try/catch block
try {
require(unsafeModule);
} catch(e) {
console.log(e);
}
Examples of correct code for this rule:
/*eslint global-require: "error"*/
// all these variations of require() are ok
require('x');
var y = require('y');
var z;
z = require('z').initialize();
// requiring a module and using it in a function is ok
var fs = require('fs');
function readFile(filename, callback) {
fs.readFile(filename, callback)
}
// you can use a ternary to determine which module to require
var logger = DEBUG ? require('dev-logger') : require('logger');
// if you want you can require() at the end of your module
function doSomethingA() {}
function doSomethingB() {}
var x = require("x"),
z = require("z");
When Not To Use It
If you have a module that must be initialized with information that comes from the file-system or if a module is only used in very rare situations and will cause significant overhead to load it may make sense to disable the rule. If you need to require()
an optional dependency inside of a try
/catch
, you can disable this rule for just that dependency using the // eslint-disable-line global-require
comment.
Source: http://eslint.org/docs/rules/