unicorn/no-accessor-recursion

A getter that reads this.name inside get name() calls itself. So does a setter that assigns to this.name inside set name(). The call never ends, and the program throws RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded the first time the property is used.

Configure

Off by default. To turn it on:

[lint.rules]
"unicorn/no-accessor-recursion" = "error" # or "warn"

Examples

Reported:

class User {
  get name() {
    return this.name;
  }

  set name(value) {
    this.name = value.trim();
  }
}

Destructuring the property from this reads it too:

const settings = {
  get theme() {
    const { theme } = this;
    return theme ?? "light";
  },
};

Not reported:

class User {
  #name = "";

  get name() {
    return this.#name;
  }

  set name(value) {
    // Reading this.name in the setter is fine: it calls the getter.
    if (this.name !== value) {
      this.#name = value.trim();
    }
  }
}