Avoid new operators outside of assignments or comparisons

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ID: javascript-code-style/no-new

Language: JavaScript

Severity: Notice

Category: Best Practices

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

new Date()

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

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rulesets:
  - javascript-code-style     # Rules to enforce JavaScript code style.

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