/** * @fileoverview Rule to flag comparison where left part is the same as the right * part. * @author Ilya Volodin */ "use strict"; //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Rule Definition //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ module.exports = { meta: { docs: { description: "disallow comparisons where both sides are exactly the same", category: "Best Practices", recommended: false, url: "https://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-self-compare" }, schema: [] }, create(context) { const sourceCode = context.getSourceCode(); /** * Determines whether two nodes are composed of the same tokens. * @param {ASTNode} nodeA The first node * @param {ASTNode} nodeB The second node * @returns {boolean} true if the nodes have identical token representations */ function hasSameTokens(nodeA, nodeB) { const tokensA = sourceCode.getTokens(nodeA); const tokensB = sourceCode.getTokens(nodeB); return tokensA.length === tokensB.length && tokensA.every((token, index) => token.type === tokensB[index].type && token.value === tokensB[index].value); } return { BinaryExpression(node) { const operators = new Set(["===", "==", "!==", "!=", ">", "<", ">=", "<="]); if (operators.has(node.operator) && hasSameTokens(node.left, node.right)) { context.report({ node, message: "Comparing to itself is potentially pointless." }); } } }; } };