feat: report more cases with ?? in no-constant-binary-expression

docs/src/rules/no-constant-binary-expression.md

@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ const value4 = new Boolean(foo) === true;
 const objIsEmpty = someObj === {};
 
 const arrIsEmpty = someArr === [];
+
+const shortCircuit1 = condition1 && false && condition2;
+
+const shortCircuit2 = condition1 || true || condition2;
+
+const shortCircuit3 = condition1 ?? "non-nullish" ?? condition2;
 ```
 
 :::

lib/rules/no-constant-binary-expression.js

@@ -14,16 +14,38 @@ const NUMERIC_OR_STRING_BINARY_OPERATORS = new Set(["+", "-", "*", "/", "%", "|"
 // Helpers
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+/**
+ * Checks whether or not a node is `null` or `undefined`. Similar to the one
+ * found in ast-utils.js, but this one correctly handles the edge case that
+ * `undefined` has been redefined.
+ * @param {Scope} scope Scope in which the expression was found.
+ * @param {ASTNode} node A node to check.
+ * @returns {boolean} Whether or not the node is a `null` or `undefined`.
+ * @public
+ */
+function isNullOrUndefined(scope, node) {
+    return (
+        isNullLiteral(node) ||
+        (node.type === "Identifier" && node.name === "undefined" && isReferenceToGlobalVariable(scope, node)) ||
+        (node.type === "UnaryExpression" && node.operator === "void")
+    );
+}
+
 /**
  * Test if an AST node has a statically knowable constant nullishness. Meaning,
  * it will always resolve to a constant value of either: `null`, `undefined`
  * or not `null` _or_ `undefined`. An expression that can vary between those
  * three states at runtime would return `false`.
  * @param {Scope} scope The scope in which the node was found.
  * @param {ASTNode} node The AST node being tested.
+ * @param {boolean} nonNullish if `true` then nullish values are not considered constant.
  * @returns {boolean} Does `node` have constant nullishness?
  */
-function hasConstantNullishness(scope, node) {
+function hasConstantNullishness(scope, node, nonNullish) {
+    if (nonNullish && isNullOrUndefined(scope, node)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     switch (node.type) {
         case "ObjectExpression": // Objects are never nullish
         case "ArrayExpression": // Arrays are never nullish
@@ -45,9 +67,12 @@ function hasConstantNullishness(scope, node) {
             return (functionName === "Boolean" || functionName === "String" || functionName === "Number") &&
                 isReferenceToGlobalVariable(scope, node.callee);
         }
+        case "LogicalExpression": {
+            return node.operator === "??" && hasConstantNullishness(scope, node.right, true);
+        }
         case "AssignmentExpression":
             if (node.operator === "=") {
-                return hasConstantNullishness(scope, node.right);
+                return hasConstantNullishness(scope, node.right, nonNullish);
             }
 
             /*
@@ -80,7 +105,7 @@ function hasConstantNullishness(scope, node) {
         case "SequenceExpression": {
             const last = node.expressions[node.expressions.length - 1];
 
-            return hasConstantNullishness(scope, last);
+            return hasConstantNullishness(scope, last, nonNullish);
         }
         case "Identifier":
             return node.name === "undefined" && isReferenceToGlobalVariable(scope, node);
@@ -378,24 +403,6 @@ function isAlwaysNew(scope, node) {
     }
 }
 
-/**
- * Checks whether or not a node is `null` or `undefined`. Similar to the one
- * found in ast-utils.js, but this one correctly handles the edge case that
- * `undefined` has been redefined.
- * @param {Scope} scope Scope in which the expression was found.
- * @param {ASTNode} node A node to check.
- * @returns {boolean} Whether or not the node is a `null` or `undefined`.
- * @public
- */
-function isNullOrUndefined(scope, node) {
-    return (
-        isNullLiteral(node) ||
-        (node.type === "Identifier" && node.name === "undefined" && isReferenceToGlobalVariable(scope, node)) ||
-        (node.type === "UnaryExpression" && node.operator === "void")
-    );
-}
-
-
 /**
  * Checks if one operand will cause the result to be constant.
  * @param {Scope} scope Scope in which the expression was found.
@@ -407,14 +414,14 @@ function isNullOrUndefined(scope, node) {
 function findBinaryExpressionConstantOperand(scope, a, b, operator) {
     if (operator === "==" || operator === "!=") {
         if (
-            (isNullOrUndefined(scope, a) && hasConstantNullishness(scope, b)) ||
+            (isNullOrUndefined(scope, a) && hasConstantNullishness(scope, b, false)) ||
             (isStaticBoolean(scope, a) && hasConstantLooseBooleanComparison(scope, b))
         ) {
             return b;
         }
     } else if (operator === "===" || operator === "!==") {
         if (
-            (isNullOrUndefined(scope, a) && hasConstantNullishness(scope, b)) ||
+            (isNullOrUndefined(scope, a) && hasConstantNullishness(scope, b, false)) ||
             (isStaticBoolean(scope, a) && hasConstantStrictBooleanComparison(scope, b))
         ) {
             return b;
@@ -453,7 +460,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
                 if ((operator === "&&" || operator === "||") && isConstant(scope, left, true)) {
                     context.report({ node: left, messageId: "constantShortCircuit", data: { property: "truthiness", operator } });
-                } else if (operator === "??" && hasConstantNullishness(scope, left)) {
+                } else if (operator === "??" && hasConstantNullishness(scope, left, false)) {
                     context.report({ node: left, messageId: "constantShortCircuit", data: { property: "nullishness", operator } });
                 }
             },

tests/lib/rules/no-constant-binary-expression.js

@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ ruleTester.run("no-constant-binary-expression", rule, {
         "function foo(undefined) { undefined === true;}",
         "[...arr, 1] == true",
         "[,,,] == true",
-        { code: "new Foo() === bar;", globals: { Foo: "writable" } }
+        { code: "new Foo() === bar;", globals: { Foo: "writable" } },
+        "(foo && true) ?? bar",
+        "foo ?? null ?? bar",
+        "a ?? (doSomething(), undefined) ?? b",
+        "a ?? (something = null) ?? b"
     ],
     invalid: [
 
@@ -308,6 +312,10 @@ ruleTester.run("no-constant-binary-expression", rule, {
         { code: "x === /[a-z]/", errors: [{ messageId: "alwaysNew" }] },
 
         // It's not obvious what this does, but it compares the old value of `x` to the new object.
-        { code: "x === (x = {})", errors: [{ messageId: "alwaysNew" }] }
+        { code: "x === (x = {})", errors: [{ messageId: "alwaysNew" }] },
+
+        { code: "window.abc && false && anything", errors: [{ messageId: "constantShortCircuit" }] },
+        { code: "window.abc || true || anything", errors: [{ messageId: "constantShortCircuit" }] },
+        { code: "window.abc ?? 'non-nullish' ?? anything", errors: [{ messageId: "constantShortCircuit" }] }
     ]
 });