How to get "should.be.false" syntax pass jslint?

Question

I am writing JS UT for my NodeJS code. I am using Chai as the assertion library, and I prefer the should syntax. I also use jslint to check the JS file syntax, even the JS files for UT.

Now I have a problem with jslint and Chai. In Chai, you can use:

myvalue.should.be.true; 

But jslint give me:

#1 Expected an assignment or function call and instead saw an expression. 

I know jslint comes with many options, but I just cannot find the right one to turn off this check.

Answer 1

Just to make it clear to other readers:

You can add /*jshint expr: true*/ to the top of the test files, so it only allows it in the test files.

In the rare case that you use that kind of expressions in your code, you can add the expr: true option to the jshint config options.