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kirkwaiblinger opened this issue Jul 22, 2024 · 1 comment
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This code example has a lot of confusing stuff going on.

// this rule also supports converting chained strict nullish checks:
foo &&
  foo.a != null &&
  foo.a.b !== null &&
  foo.a.b.c != undefined &&
  foo.a.b.c.d !== undefined &&
  foo.a.b.c.d.e;

When I open the playground link, the only part of that that flags is the foo && foo.a != null part, which has nothing to do with strict nullish checks; it's just a garden variety truthiness check of foo && foo.a.

Let's replace this example with one that's less noisy and actually works in the playground.

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https://typescript-eslint.io/rules/prefer-optional-chain/#examples

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it's just a garden variety truthiness check of foo && foo.a.

That's not really true - a truthiness check would be foo / !foo.

The point the example is saying is that the rule will also error if you do checks against undefined and null - I.e. It supports more than just the plain boolean cases.

The example was written before (a) we had an "open in example" button (I.e. Before ensuring an example was functionally complete was a requirement) and (b) before we tweaked the rule to not report on any cases.

If we add some types to foo then the rule will report and fix as intended.

@JoshuaKGoldberg JoshuaKGoldberg added accepting prs Go ahead, send a pull request that resolves this issue and removed triage Waiting for team members to take a look labels Jul 22, 2024
@JoshuaKGoldberg JoshuaKGoldberg changed the title Docs: [prefer-optional-chain] fix confusing example of chained strict nullish checks. Docs: [prefer-optional-chain] fix confusing example of chained strict nullish checks Jan 28, 2025
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