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tools: avoid let in for loops

This adds a new ESLint tool to check for let
declarations within the for, forIn, forOf expressions.

Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/9045
Ref: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8873
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9049
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Myles Borins <myles.borins@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Teddy Katz <teddy.katz@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Prince John Wesley <princejohnwesley@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
v6
jessicaquynh 8 years ago
committed by Rich Trott
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  1. 1
      lib/.eslintrc
  2. 46
      tools/eslint-rules/no-let-in-for-declaration.js

1
lib/.eslintrc

@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ rules:
# Custom rules in tools/eslint-rules
require-buffer: 2
buffer-constructor: 2
no-let-in-for-declaration: 2

46
tools/eslint-rules/no-let-in-for-declaration.js

@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
/**
* @fileoverview Prohibit the use of `let` as the loop variable
* in the initialization of for, and the left-hand
* iterator in forIn and forOf loops.
*
* @author Jessica Quynh Tran
*/
'use strict';
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Rule Definition
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
module.exports = {
create(context) {
const msg = 'Use of `let` as the loop variable in a for-loop is ' +
'not recommended. Please use `var` instead.';
/**
* Report function to test if the for-loop is declared using `let`.
*/
function testForLoop(node) {
if (node.init && node.init.kind === 'let') {
context.report(node.init, msg);
}
}
/**
* Report function to test if the for-in or for-of loop
* is declared using `let`.
*/
function testForInOfLoop(node) {
if (node.left && node.left.kind === 'let') {
context.report(node.left, msg);
}
}
return {
'ForStatement': testForLoop,
'ForInStatement': testForInOfLoop,
'ForOfStatement': testForInOfLoop
};
}
};
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