/** * @fileoverview Rule to flag use of function declaration identifiers as variables. * @author Ian Christian Myers * @copyright 2013 Ian Christian Myers. All rights reserved. */ "use strict"; //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Rule Definition //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ module.exports = function(context) { //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Helpers //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- /* * Walk the scope chain looking for either a FunctionDeclaration or a * VariableDeclaration with the same name as left-hand side of the * AssignmentExpression. If we find the FunctionDeclaration first, then we * warn, because a FunctionDeclaration is trying to become a Variable or a * FunctionExpression. If we find a VariableDeclaration first, then we have * a legitimate shadow variable. */ function checkIfIdentifierIsFunction(scope, name) { var variable, def, i, j; // Loop over all of the identifiers available in scope. for (i = 0; i < scope.variables.length; i++) { variable = scope.variables[i]; // For each identifier, see if it was defined in _this_ scope. for (j = 0; j < variable.defs.length; j++) { def = variable.defs[j]; // Identifier is a function and was declared in this scope if (def.type === "FunctionName" && def.name.name === name) { return true; } // Identifier is a variable and was declared in this scope. This // is a legitimate shadow variable. if (def.name && def.name.name === name) { return false; } } } // Check the upper scope. if (scope.upper) { return checkIfIdentifierIsFunction(scope.upper, name); } // We've reached the global scope and haven't found anything. return false; } //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Public API //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- return { "AssignmentExpression": function(node) { var scope = context.getScope(), name = node.left.name; if (checkIfIdentifierIsFunction(scope, name)) { context.report(node, "'{{name}}' is a function.", { name: name }); } } }; }; module.exports.schema = [];