/** * @fileoverview Rule to flag comparison where left part is the same as the right * part. * @author Ilya Volodin */ "use strict"; //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Rule Definition //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /** @type {import('../types').Rule.RuleModule} */ module.exports = { meta: { type: "problem", docs: { description: "Disallow comparisons where both sides are exactly the same", recommended: false, url: "https://eslint.org/docs/latest/rules/no-self-compare", }, schema: [], messages: { comparingToSelf: "Comparing to itself is potentially pointless.", }, }, create(context) { const sourceCode = context.sourceCode; /** * 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, messageId: "comparingToSelf" }); } }, }; }, };