Jshint: Allow line breaking before && or ||

Created on 24 Feb 2011 · 7Comments · Source: jshint/jshint

For multiple line conditions it might be more readable if the && and || are at the beginning of the line. JSHint however does not allow this, resulting in the error "Bad line breaking before '&&'."

if (a
    && b
    && c
    && (
        d
        || e
    )
){
    /* yay! */
}

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/AkeF3/1/

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arian

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This error is still in 2.7.0.

I added "-W014": true to .jshintrc to get rid of this error (https://github.com/jshint/jshint/blob/e47168f5aa9576819830554f1b37dc0d49b76d31/src/messages.js#L90).

Rob--W on 29 May 2015

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This may cause problems like semi colon insertion and old javascript parsers breaking. Please check a large range of browsers.

Raynos on 24 Feb 2011

You can use laxbreak:true to bypass line breaking checks.

valueof on 25 Feb 2011

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@Raynos are there seriously any parser that deviate that much from the spec?

robotlolita on 4 Jun 2013

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:+1:

ghost on 24 Feb 2015

This error is still in 2.7.0.

I added "-W014": true to .jshintrc to get rid of this error (https://github.com/jshint/jshint/blob/e47168f5aa9576819830554f1b37dc0d49b76d31/src/messages.js#L90).

Rob--W on 29 May 2015

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@Raynos : Can you recommend a resource for which JS parsers might meet this failure?