Avoid the use of arguments.caller or arguments.callee

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Metadata

ID: javascript-best-practices/no-caller

Language: JavaScript

Severity: Warning

Category: Error Prone

Description

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

Non-Compliant Code Examples

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

Compliant Code Examples

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

How to use this rule

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rulesets:
  - javascript-best-practices     # Rules to enforce JavaScript best practices.

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