/** * @fileoverview Rule to flag creation of function inside a loop * @author Ilya Volodin */ "use strict"; //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Helpers //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /** * Gets the containing loop node of a specified node. * * We don't need to check nested functions, so this ignores those. * `Scope.through` contains references of nested functions. * * @param {ASTNode} node - An AST node to get. * @returns {ASTNode|null} The containing loop node of the specified node, or * `null`. */ function getContainingLoopNode(node) { for (let currentNode = node; currentNode.parent; currentNode = currentNode.parent) { const parent = currentNode.parent; switch (parent.type) { case "WhileStatement": case "DoWhileStatement": return parent; case "ForStatement": // `init` is outside of the loop. if (parent.init !== currentNode) { return parent; } break; case "ForInStatement": case "ForOfStatement": // `right` is outside of the loop. if (parent.right !== currentNode) { return parent; } break; case "ArrowFunctionExpression": case "FunctionExpression": case "FunctionDeclaration": // We don't need to check nested functions. return null; default: break; } } return null; } /** * Gets the containing loop node of a given node. * If the loop was nested, this returns the most outer loop. * * @param {ASTNode} node - A node to get. This is a loop node. * @param {ASTNode|null} excludedNode - A node that the result node should not * include. * @returns {ASTNode} The most outer loop node. */ function getTopLoopNode(node, excludedNode) { const border = excludedNode ? excludedNode.range[1] : 0; let retv = node; let containingLoopNode = node; while (containingLoopNode && containingLoopNode.range[0] >= border) { retv = containingLoopNode; containingLoopNode = getContainingLoopNode(containingLoopNode); } return retv; } /** * Checks whether a given reference which refers to an upper scope's variable is * safe or not. * * @param {ASTNode} loopNode - A containing loop node. * @param {eslint-scope.Reference} reference - A reference to check. * @returns {boolean} `true` if the reference is safe or not. */ function isSafe(loopNode, reference) { const variable = reference.resolved; const definition = variable && variable.defs[0]; const declaration = definition && definition.parent; const kind = (declaration && declaration.type === "VariableDeclaration") ? declaration.kind : ""; // Variables which are declared by `const` is safe. if (kind === "const") { return true; } /* * Variables which are declared by `let` in the loop is safe. * It's a different instance from the next loop step's. */ if (kind === "let" && declaration.range[0] > loopNode.range[0] && declaration.range[1] < loopNode.range[1] ) { return true; } /* * WriteReferences which exist after this border are unsafe because those * can modify the variable. */ const border = getTopLoopNode( loopNode, (kind === "let") ? declaration : null ).range[0]; /** * Checks whether a given reference is safe or not. * The reference is every reference of the upper scope's variable we are * looking now. * * It's safeafe if the reference matches one of the following condition. * - is readonly. * - doesn't exist inside a local function and after the border. * * @param {eslint-scope.Reference} upperRef - A reference to check. * @returns {boolean} `true` if the reference is safe. */ function isSafeReference(upperRef) { const id = upperRef.identifier; return ( !upperRef.isWrite() || variable.scope.variableScope === upperRef.from.variableScope && id.range[0] < border ); } return Boolean(variable) && variable.references.every(isSafeReference); } //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Rule Definition //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ module.exports = { meta: { type: "suggestion", docs: { description: "disallow function declarations that contain unsafe references inside loop statements", category: "Best Practices", recommended: false, url: "https://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-loop-func" }, schema: [], messages: { unsafeRefs: "Function declared in a loop contains unsafe references to variable(s) {{ varNames }}." } }, create(context) { /** * Reports functions which match the following condition: * * - has a loop node in ancestors. * - has any references which refers to an unsafe variable. * * @param {ASTNode} node The AST node to check. * @returns {boolean} Whether or not the node is within a loop. */ function checkForLoops(node) { const loopNode = getContainingLoopNode(node); if (!loopNode) { return; } const references = context.getScope().through; const unsafeRefs = references.filter(r => !isSafe(loopNode, r)).map(r => r.identifier.name); if (unsafeRefs.length > 0) { context.report({ node, messageId: "unsafeRefs", data: { varNames: `'${unsafeRefs.join("', '")}'` } }); } } return { ArrowFunctionExpression: checkForLoops, FunctionExpression: checkForLoops, FunctionDeclaration: checkForLoops }; } };