Avoid the use of arguments.caller or arguments.callee

Metadata

ID: typescript-best-practices/no-caller

Language: TypeScript

Severity: Warning

Category: Error Prone

arguments.caller and arguments.callee has been deprecated and forbidden in ECMAScript 5 strict mode.

var x = arguments.callee;
var x = arguments.caller;

var x = arguments.length
var x = arguments
var x = arguments[0]
var x = arguments[caller]

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rulesets:
  - typescript-best-practices     # Rules to enforce TypeScript best practices.

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