"'hasOwnProperty' is a really bad name"

[jashkenas]

I was curious why JSHint has an error for:

'hasOwnProperty' is a really bad name

When you're writing code like this:

var hasOwnProperty = {}.hasOwnProperty;

... unless it's a leftover bug from the JSLint port:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jslint_com/message/282

Is it something that can be fixed in an update? Or is there a better reason?

[valueof]

Yeah, that looks like a bug. We should warn about hasOwnProperty only if someone defines a new property/method with such name. I'll make sure it's fixed before the next release. Thanks!

[webuniverseio]

Hi, is there a way to suppress this warning? I'm using localstorage fallback from https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/Storage#localStorage (at the bottom of that section) which overwrites hasOwnProperty method.

[valueof]

You can use /* jshint -W001 */

[webuniverseio]

I see. This is not scoped suppression, right? Also is there a way to turn warning back after /* jshint -W001 */?
Thank you.

[valueof]

It is function scoped.