Question

I changed my coding style from

function getParams(entity) {
    "use strict";
    var accountID = store.getItem('AccountID'),

    switch (entity) {
        case "Topic":

to

function getParams(entity) 
{

    "use strict";
    var accountID = store.getItem('AccountID'),

    switch (entity)
    {
        case "Topic":

Now I get any jslint errors such as:

Warning 6 JS Lint: Expected exactly one space between ‘)’ and ‘{‘.
Warning 9 JS Lint: Expected ‘var’ at column 9, not column 5.

I checked through the options but cannot find any option to unselect relating to line position. Also if there is one then could I add it to the top of my file?

Answer 1

In JavaScript is recommended to put opening braces on the same line for this reason:

function foo()
{
  return
  {
    a: 'foo'
  }
}

foo().a // error

This is more an advice than a solution but impossible to explain in a comment without new lines.