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unicorn/no-accessor-recursion Suspicious

What it does

Disallow recursive access to this within getters and setters.

Why is this bad?

This rule prevents recursive access to this within getter and setter methods in objects and classes, avoiding infinite recursion and stack overflow errors.

Examples

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

const foo = {
  get bar() {
    return this.bar;
  },
};

const baz = {
  set bar(value) {
    this.bar = value;
  },
};

Examples of correct code for this rule:

const foo = {
  get bar() {
    return this.qux;
  },
};

const baz = {
  set bar(value) {
    this._bar = value;
  },
};

How to use

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

Config (.oxlintrc.json)

{
  "rules": {
    "unicorn/no-accessor-recursion": "error"
  }
}

Config (oxlint.config.ts)

import { defineConfig } from "oxlint";

export default defineConfig({
  rules: {
    "unicorn/no-accessor-recursion": "error",
  },
});

CLI

oxlint --deny unicorn/no-accessor-recursion

Version

This rule was added in v0.16.5.

References

• Rule Source
• Upstream rule docs
• Open rule in Oxc Playground