Comparing any value to any non-RegExp literal or undefined using
strictEqual (or notStrictEqual) passes if and only if deepStrictEqual
(or notDeepStrictEqual, respectively) passes.
Unnecessarily using deep comparisons adds confusion.
This patch adds an ESLint rule that forbids the use of deepStrictEqual
and notDeepStrictEqual when the expected value (i.e., the second
argument) is a non-RegExp literal or undefined.
For reference, an ESTree literal is defined as follows.
extend interface Literal <: Expression {
type: "Literal";
value: string | boolean | null | number | RegExp | bigint;
}
The value `undefined` is an `Identifier` with `name: 'undefined'`.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40634
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Voltrex <mohammadkeyvanzade94@gmail.com>
This completely refactors the `expectsError` behavior: so far it's
almost identical to `assert.throws(fn, object)` in case it was used
with a function as first argument. It had a magical property check
that allowed to verify a functions `type` in case `type` was passed
used in the validation object. This pattern is now completely removed
and `assert.throws()` should be used instead.
The main intent for `common.expectsError()` is to verify error cases
for callback based APIs. This is now more flexible by accepting all
validation possibilites that `assert.throws()` accepts as well. No
magical properties exist anymore. This reduces surprising behavior
for developers who are not used to the Node.js core code base.
This has the side effect that `common` is used significantly less
frequent.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/31092
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>
