no-self-compare.js
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/**
* @fileoverview Rule to flag comparison where left part is the same as the right
* part.
* @author Ilya Volodin
*/
"use strict";
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Rule Definition
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
module.exports = function(context) {
return {
"BinaryExpression": function(node) {
var operators = ["===", "==", "!==", "!=", ">", "<", ">=", "<="];
if (operators.indexOf(node.operator) > -1 &&
(node.left.type === "Identifier" && node.right.type === "Identifier" && node.left.name === node.right.name ||
node.left.type === "Literal" && node.right.type === "Literal" && node.left.value === node.right.value)) {
context.report(node, "Comparing to itself is potentially pointless.");
}
}
};
};
module.exports.schema = [];