How can I pass jslint and pass the global variable to my IIFE?

Question

jslint does not like this .

}(this));

but it is how I pass the global variable to my IIFE which runs on both the client and server.

How can I change it?

I want to pass jslint with no options set.

Answer 1

It requires jumping through a fair number of hoops, but you can define this function, which passes JSLint and returns a reference to the global object:

function getGlobal() {
    // just creating a function here so that we can get at the Function constructor
    // via noop.constructor
    var noop = function () {
        // dummy statements so the linter doesn't complain about an 
        // empty block or unused variables
        var a = null;
        return a;
    };

    return noop.constructor("return this")();
}

Note that this function itself does not need to be defined in the global scope. You can define it and call it within your IIFE.