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no-boolean-literal-compare

added in: 1.0.0 style

Warns on comparison to a boolean literal, as in x == true. Comparing boolean values to boolean literals is unnecessary, as those expressions will result in booleans too. Just use the boolean values directly or negate them.

Config

Set allow-false (default is false) to allow value == false or false == value checks.

dart_code_linter:
...
rules:
...
- no-boolean-literal-compare:
allow-false: true

Example

Bad:

  var b = x == true; // LINT
var c = x != true; // LINT

// LINT
if (x == true) {
...
}

// LINT
if (x != false) {
...
}

Good:

  var b = x;
var c = !x;

if (x) {
...
}

if (!x) {
...
}