Disallow Reassignment of Native Objects (no-native-reassign)

Reports an error when they encounter an attempt to assign a value to built-in native object.

String = "hello world";
var String;

Rule Details

The following objects are considered a native objects:

The following patterns are considered warnings:

String = new Object();

var String;

Options

exceptions

Array of native object names that are permitted to be reassigned. If provided, it must be an Array.

{
    "rules": {
        "no-native-reassign": [2, {"exceptions": ["Object"]}]
    }
}

When Not To Use It

If you are trying to override one of the native objects.

Version

This rule was introduced in ESLint 0.0.9.

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