I wish JSLint had an option that would allow code like this: if (!someVariable) return; I understand the danger of allowing code without braces like: if...
Not a JSLint question, but I know there are really knowledgeable JavaScript developers on this list ... Why can't I add methods to the prototype of the...
When I don't actually need the object instance, I enclose my "new Xxxx()" statements in parenthesis to keep JSLint happy and I assumed some JavaScript...
I have already defined YAHOO and YUI as accepted global variables but JSLint still warns me that "type is unnecessary" in <script> tags. I've seen the messages...
jslint doesn't expect to see new String, but I need it because I want to set a property of the string: var str = new String('somestring'); str.id = 123; Or is...
Hi, In the code snippet below, b will always be 'is TRUE'. Clearly the intention was that b should be 'a is FALSE'. No javascript error but the result is...
I frequently find that I must convert non-objects into objects. Consider, for example, a function that expects one of it's arguments to be an object. If you...
I am trying to run JSLint from the command line but it stops after displaying the first warning, even if I turn it of by specifying /*jslint passfail: false */...
I am checking if a variable is defined or not, if it is not defined explicitly I am going to define it by doing: if ( typeof(aVariable) == 'undefined' ) { var...
I have added a new option: [ ] Require Initial Caps for constructors (option.newcap) I highly recommend that you always turn this option on. If you call a...
I've been running a JSlint checking Web service for a year or two over here: http://jslint.webvm.net/mylintrun.js However when I use it, I always get the last...
I see there is an option to allow HTML to contain a fragment instead of a full document. I know how to specify JSLint options in a comment at the top of a...
In JavaScript: A Survey of the Language, you wrote: !! can be used as a prefix operator, converting its operand to a boolean. but JSLint says: Confusing use of...
Using JSLint with emacs and flymake-mode to provide near-live code annotation with lint results has been well documented for a while over on EmacsWiki. It's...
I noticed that JSLint does not detect a problem with HTML ID attributes that begin with a numeral. I ran into a problem the other day where YUI3 was doing...
Hi, A developer in my team is using the CSS code: z-index:+1; to increment the z-index of an element by one. This fails the JSLint validator, I cannot seem to...
I put together a Ruby gem driver for JSLint called jslintrb. It's a small shim around the Ruby Johnson gem, which is a bridge between Ruby and SpiderMonkey,...
Methinks the time spent on the ASCII calligraphic title alone should be worth something... Fine work on the rest as well :) Peace, Dan [Non-text portions of...
I normally don't use with: never in production code. The one case I do like it is in test drivers. I have a test object which has a lot of methods (BDD:...
JSLint doesn't appear to recognize the (relatively new) `rgba` syntax for defining colors with alpha channels. Specifically: @charset "UTF-8"; div { ...
Hi, I have a queer error message in my code. //My full code: "use strict"; var foo = true; //The error message: Error: Problem at line 2 character 9: It is not...
Hi. In production mode I concatenate my files. What if one of them is not in strict mode? So the result is: //none-strict-mode-ecmascript "use strict"; ...
Hi List, Can somebody tell me why JSLint give me these errors? I think let, const are JavaScript language feature. Lint at line 38 character 1: Expected an...
Hi jslint.com mailing list, As a programmer of server side JavaScript software I would be very convenient if jslint also supported other APIs other than the...
Hi, I use the following syntax quite regularly for generating HTML rather than using the +="" or similar techniques. var htmlstring = '\ <h1>Title</h1>\ <p>\ ...
