Ability to disable unused variables per function

[satazor]

/**
 * Emits an event.
 *
 * @param {String}   event   The event name
 * @param {...mixed} [$args] The arguments to pass to each listener
*/
emit: function (event, $args) {
    this._doSomething.apply(this, arguments);
},

I find the warnings regarding unused variables very useful but I would like JSHint to ignore it in certain cases.
Above is a valid use case in which I want the arguments to be there for readability but they are not used.
I tried the inline /*jshint unused:false*/ without success.

[Couto]

+1

[satazor]

Another use case is that when generating the documentation with JSDoc and probably others, it throws warnings when we document parameters that aren't define in the function itself.

[kkapsner]

unused is complete not working in function scope:

/*jshint unused: false*/

function test(){
  /*jshint unused: true*/
  var unused;
}

will pass without error.

I think this is a bug.

[satazor]

jshint does not read the unused option in the middle of code/inside a function.
Thats why I opened this issue.

[niknah]

The way I got around this was by using void...

function y(x) {
void(x);
}

There is a performance hit with void if you use them on too many arguments, but it's ok with one argument, I tested it here...
http://jsperf.com/does-void-slow-anything-down

[ohmirocks]

HI,
Is this issue fixed. We are still having this problem in our CI builds when it tries to generate the checkstyle file

[jugglinmike]

@ohmirocks This issue was closed from commit 4ac15f6 , which was intended to implement the requested feature. If it is not working for you, we'd certainly appreciate an example which demonstrates your problem