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#10182

Description

As an enhancement of the no-unnecessary-type-conversion rule proposed in #8515 and implemented in #10182, I propose that Object.values(array) be treated as an unnecessary type conversion as the expression can be simplified to just array.

Examples:

// fail
Object.values(['a', 'b', 'c'])  // simplify to: ['a', 'b', 'c']

const ar = ['a', 'b', 'c']
Object.values(ar)  // simplify to: ar


// pass
type MyObject = { a: string }

let arrayOrObject: array | MyObject
arrayOrObject = ['a', 'b', 'c']
Object.values(arrayOrObject)  // could be an object, can't simplify

I have discovered Object.values(array) within my own projects, it is possible this unnecessary type coercion exists elsewhere too.

Fail

Object.values(['a', 'b', 'c'])

const ar = ['a', 'b', 'c']
Object.values(ar)  // simplify to: ar

Pass

['a', 'b', 'c']

const ar = ['a', 'b', 'c']
Object.values(ar)

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