eslint/no-new Suspicious

Disallow new operators outside of assignments or comparisons.

Calling new without assigning or comparing it the reference is thrown away and in many cases the constructor can be replaced with a function.

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

javascript

new Person();

() => {
  new Date();
};

Examples of correct code for this rule:

javascript

var a = new Date()(() => new Date());

How to use

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

Config (.oxlintrc.json)Config (oxlint.config.ts)CLI

json

{
  "rules": {
    "no-new": "error"
  }
}

import { defineConfig } from "oxlint";

export default defineConfig({
  rules: {
    "no-new": "error",
  },
});

bash

oxlint --deny no-new

This rule was added in v0.4.0.