Avoid new operators outside of assignments or comparisons

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Metadata

ID: typescript-code-style/no-new

Language: TypeScript

Severity: Notice

Category: Best Practices

Description

A lonely instance is almost always useless. Do not create objects without assigning them to a variable that you will use later.

Non-Compliant Code Examples

new Date()

Compliant Code Examples

var a = new Date()
var a; if (a === new Date()) { a = false; }

How to use this rule

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rulesets:
  - typescript-code-style     # Rules to enforce TypeScript code style.

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