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eslint/no-undefined Restriction ​

What it does ​

Disallow the use of undefined as an identifier

Why is this bad? ​

Example of bad code ​

javascript
var foo = undefined;

var undefined = "foo";

if (foo === undefined) {
  // ...
}

function baz(undefined) {
  // ...
}

bar(undefined, "lorem");

Example of good code ​

javascript
var foo = void 0;

var Undefined = "foo";

if (typeof foo === "undefined") {
  // ...
}

global.undefined = "foo";

bar(void 0, "lorem");

How to use ​

To enable this rule in the CLI or using the config file, you can use:

bash
oxlint --deny no-undefined
json
{
  "rules": {
    "no-undefined": "error"
  }
}

References ​

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