Using variable name _this. about tslint

[ashwinr]

Sure, makes sense. I'll add an option.

On Aug 28, 2013, at 3:52 AM, osimicek [email protected]
wrote:

I´d like to use variable names that starts with underscore.

var _this;
But it causes "variable name must be in camelcase or uppercase" error.
I'm not sure if is it right or not.

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[ashwinr]

Sorry, I don't see a convincing argument to be made for variables with leading underscores, especially since TypeScript has private modifiers. In the future, tslint will have the option to turn off rules for specific code-blocks, so you could do it then.

[ashwinr]

I can see an argument that getter methods are named with just the name and the underlying variable named as _name

[osimicek]

Yes, getter and setter is one of the case.
I used it to instantiate object in static method.

class A {
...
    static create(param) {
        var _this = this;
        return new _this(param)
    }
}

[ashwinr]

leading underscores are now an option supplied to the varName rule