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globalObjectCalls

Reports calling global objects like Math, JSON, or Reflect as functions.

✅ This rule is included in the ts untyped presets.

The global objects Math, JSON, Reflect, and Atomics are not constructors or functions. They are built-in objects that provide utility methods and properties as namespaces. Attempting to call them as functions or instantiate them with new will result in a TypeError at runtime.

const
const result: any
result
=
var Math: Math

An intrinsic object that provides basic mathematics functionality and constants.

Math
();
const
const data: any
data
=
var JSON: JSON

An intrinsic object that provides functions to convert JavaScript values to and from the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format.

JSON
();
const
const reflected: any
reflected
=
namespace Reflect
Reflect
();
const
const instance: any
instance
= new
var Atomics: Atomics
Atomics
();

This rule is not configurable.

If your codebase redefines these objects and is guaranteed to run in an environment that allows that, you might not want to enable this rule. For example, if you target a legacy runtime with legacy non-standard JavaScript semantics, modern standard practices may not apply to you.

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