unicorn/prefer-bigint-literals Style

🛠️ An auto-fix is available for this rule.

What it does

Requires using BigInt literals (e.g. 123n) instead of calling the BigInt() constructor with literal arguments such as numbers or numeric strings

Why is this bad?

Using BigInt(…) with literal values is unnecessarily verbose and less idiomatic than using a BigInt literal.

Examples

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

BigInt(0);
BigInt(123);
BigInt(0xFF);
BigInt(1e3);
BigInt("42");
BigInt("0x10");

Examples of correct code for this rule:

0n;
123n;
0xFFn;
1000n;
// Non-integer, dynamic, or non-literal input:
BigInt(x);
BigInt("not-a-number");
BigInt("1.23");

How to use

To enable this rule in the CLI or using the config file, you can use:

CLI

oxlint --deny unicorn/prefer-bigint-literals

Config (.oxlintrc.json)

{
  "rules": {
    "unicorn/prefer-bigint-literals": "error"
  }
}

References

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