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> - for in loop - for of loop

It's 2020 and you still use loops? ;-)

source: https://github.com/buildo/eslint-plugin-no-loops

Disallowing for..of iterators is the reason I cannot use or recommend the Airbnb lint preset. A very nice example of an anno 2014-2017 cargo cult that clearly hasn't held up. https://github.com/airbnb/javascript/issues/1271

Don't worry, there's plenty of 2020 cargo culting to replace it.

for/of is an iterator. It consumes the Symbol.iterator interface and is totally different from the for(i++) statement.

That eslint rule is a good example of a cargo cult. The second link in its rationalization argues for using underscore over touching a dangerous loop yourself.

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